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* [[Arthur Bryan]], British business executive
* [[Arthur Bryan]], British business executive
* [[Arthur Q. Bryan]], American comedian
* [[Arthur Q. Bryan]], American comedian
*[[Ashley Bryan]], American author and illustrator
* The [[Bryan brothers]], a tennis doubles team made up of American twin brothers [[Bob Bryan|Bob]] and [[Mike Bryan]] (born 1978)
* The [[Bryan brothers]], a tennis doubles team made up of American twin brothers [[Bob Bryan|Bob]] and [[Mike Bryan]] (born 1978)
* [[Brother Bryan]], American Presbyterian minister
* [[Brother Bryan]], American Presbyterian minister

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Bryan is a surname found in the English-speaking world.

This surname has several different origins. One origin of the name is from an Anglo-Norman name, de Brionne,[1] derived from either of two places called Brionne in the north of France—one is Brionne, in Eure; the other is Brionne in Creuse. It may also come from de Brienne from Brienne-le-Château.[2] Another origin of the surname is as a patronymic, being borne by someone who was son of an individual named Bryan. In addition to being found in Brittany, it was used among the Breton followers of the Normans who appear in England and Ireland. Alternatively Bryan might be anglicized form of the Irish surname O'Brien[3] The Irish spelling of the surname Brien, Brian or the Norman spelling Bryan would then have a much longer origin in Ireland than in Britany predating the Normans[4]

People with this surname

See also

References

  1. ^ The Norman people and their existing descendants in the British dominions and the United States of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1874, repr. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8063-0636-0. Bryan, or Brionne, from Brionne, Normandy. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/70181353/person/36554308113/hints
  3. ^ https://www.duchas.ie/en/nom?txt=Bryan
  4. ^ https://www.duchas.ie/en/nom?txt=Bryan