Bryan (surname)
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. Another origin of the surname is from the name which was brought to England and Ireland by the Breton followers of the Normans, who invaded in England in the 11th century. This name is thought to be derived from the same Old Celtic language element as the modern given name Bryan. When the Anglo-Normans invaded Ireland in the 12th century, this name was confused with the native Irish name Brian. The 'i' in "Brionne" is pronounced like a 'y', and as a result, as the names got confused, the y emerged.
People with this surname
- Albert V. Bryan Jr., American judge
- Alfred Bryan, American songwriter
- Arthur Bryan, British business executive
- Arthur Q. Bryan, American comedian
- Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, American tennis doubles team made up of the twin brothers:
- Brother Bryan, American Presbyterian minister
- Charles Faulkner Bryan, American composer
- Charles W. Bryan, Governor of Nebraska
- Charlie Bryan, American labor leader
- Daniel Bryan, ring name of American professional wrestler Bryan Danielson (born 1981)
- David Bryan, American musician
- Donald Bryan, American politician
- Dora Bryan, British actress
- Elizabeth Bryan, mistress of Henry VIII and wife of his close friend, Nicholas Carew
- Ernie Bryan, Welsh footballer
- Sir Francis Bryan, brother of Elizabeth, sixteenth-century politician, known as The Vicar of Hell
- Gary Bryan, American DJ
- Gay Bryan, American long and triple jumper
- George Hartley Bryan (1864-1928), English mathematician and engineer
- Goode Bryan American Civil War Confederate general
- Henderson Bryan, Barbadian cricketer
- Henry Francis Bryan, 17th Governor of American Samoa
- Henry Hunter Bryan, American politician
- Jack Bryan, English cricketer
- Jane Bryan, American actress
- Jimmy Bryan, American racing driver
- John H. Bryan, American CEO
- John Neely Bryan, Founder of the city of Dallas
- Joseph Hunter Bryan, American politician
- Joseph M. Bryan, American businessman and philanthropist
- Kirk Bryan (geologist), American geologist
- Kirk Bryan (oceanographer) (born 1929), American oceanographer
- Margaret Bryan, made Baroness Bryan in her own right for running the households of all four of Henry VIII's acknowledged children
- Marvin Bryan, English footballer
- Michael Bryan (art historian), Art connoisseur and author
- Nathan Bryan, American politician
- Nathan P. Bryan, American politician
- Rachel Bryan, Founder and Director of Veritas Language Solutions
- Richard Bryan, American politician
- Sabrina Bryan, American actress
- Samuel Bryan, American political writer
- Thomas Bryan (VC), British soldier
- Thomas Bryan (Chief Justice), English judge who served as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
- Vincent P. Bryan, Canadian songwriter
- William James Bryan (1876-1908), US Senator from Florida
- William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925), American politician and three-time Presidential candidate
- William Joel Bryan, Texan soldier & landowner
- Zachery Ty Bryan, American actor
See also
- Bryan (given name), male given name
- Bryan (disambiguation)
References
- ^ 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, a branch of the Counts of Brionne, and the Earls of Hertford, descended from Gilbert, Count of Brionne, son of Richard I (Duke) of Normandy.
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