Brian

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Usage notes
After the Middle Ages, mostly used in Ireland; and again popular in all English-speaking countries in the 20th century.

Translations

 * Arabic: بْرَايَن
 * Azerbaijani: Brayan
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 布賴恩
 * Esperanto: Brajan
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Palaina
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Brian
 * Japanese: ブライアン
 * Korean: ^브라이언
 * Persian: برایان
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Брајан
 * Ukrainian: Бра́ян
 * Vietnamese: Brai-ơn

Etymology 1
.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Etymology
Borrowed from in the 20th century, ultimately from.

Etymology
From (possibly via ), ultimately from.

Usage notes

 * son of Brian: Briansson
 * daughter of Brian: Briansdóttir

Etymology
Via from, ultimately from.

Etymology
Probably from. The name Brian seems to have been unknown in Ireland before, founder of the dynasty, although the possibly related name  is found earlier, in , the 4th/5th century ancestor of the  dynasty.