Brian

proper nouncommon in dialogue

Canada//ˈbɹaɪ.ən//

A male given name from Irish.

proper noun

1
A male given name from Irish.
Why oh why had his parents even considered Brian? Brian is someone who works in a hardware shop or fixes the U bend. What chance did Sir Lovesdaslutalot have in life with a name like Brian? You can't even shorten Brian to Bri without it sounding like a kind of cheese!
Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer).
2
A surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Brian. Doublet of Brendan.

Brewster · A surname originating as an occupation. An English and…Bri · A diminutive of the female given name Brianna, or Bridget, or…brian · To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light…

Brian · A male given name from Irish.

Brianna · A female given name, variant of Briana.bribe · Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or…bribery · The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.