Bryony
Bryony or Briony is a feminine given name derived from the name of the plant. It may refer to:Bryony Afferson, British actress and musician Briony Akle, Australian netball player and coach Bryony Botha, New Zealand cyclist Bryony Brind (1960–2015), British ballerina Briony Cole, Australian diver Bryony Coles, British archaeologist Bryony Corrigan, British actress and comedian in Mischief…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Bryony
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bryony or Briony is a feminine given name derived from the name of the plant. It may refer to:Bryony Afferson, British actress and musician Briony Akle, Australian netball player and coach Bryony Botha, New Zealand cyclist Bryony Brind (1960–2015), British ballerina Briony Cole, Australian diver Bryony Coles, British archaeologist Bryony Corrigan, British actress and comedian in Mischief…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Bryony
American parents first put Bryony on the record books as a baby girl name in 1976, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1977, when 19 Bryonys were born — ranking #3,761 that year. About 26% of every Bryony on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Bryony last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 257 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Bryony
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Names that sound like Bryony
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About the name Bryony
Bryony is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 257 births in the dataset. Bryony's peak popularity came in 1977 when it ranked #3,761. Use the chart and map above to compare Bryony's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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