Last Name BRIAN

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Meaning	The nobly descended, from 'Bri,' dignity, honor, and 'an,' diminutive of that to which it is annexed, belonging to it; Gaelic, 'gin' or 'gen,' begotten. 'Bri,' Welsh, honor; 'briadd,' honorary. Bailey derives Brian from 'Bruiant,' French, clamorous. 'Brian,' in the Gaelic, also implies one who is fair-spoken, wordy, specious.

Origin	Gaelic, French, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	7,327 (2000 US census)	6,239 (1990 US census)

Count	4,190 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.49%, or 3582 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.85%, or 329 total occurrences, as black,
1.34%, or 56 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.1%, or 46 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.34%, or 56 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.89%, or 121 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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