Bria
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See also: bria
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Italian Bria, a surname of uncertain meaning.
Proper noun
[edit]Bria (plural Brias)
- A surname from Italian.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bria is the 36337th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 616 individuals. Bria is most common among White (90.91%) individuals.
Etymology 2
[edit]A 20th-century short form of Briana.
Proper noun
[edit]Bria
- A female given name
- 2012, Jackie Manning, Tough As Nails, Harlequin, →ISBN:
- She'd always refused to be called anything but Brianna. Yet when Mike had first called her Bria, they were making love for the first time, and the gentle way he spoke the name had sounded like poetry.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bria”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Bria m or f by sense
- a surname
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Italian
- English given names
- English female given names
- English terms with quotations
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian proper nouns with irregular gender
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense
- Italian surnames