Brian
m.
Of uncertain origin, possibly related to Proto-Brythonic *brigonos 'high, noble'.
The name of a 10th-11th C high king of Ireland.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Brien' (acc) PR-XXXVI p. 15;
1189 Brianus (nom) GASurv p. 165;
1194 Brianus (nom) RotCur-vol1 p. 6;
1222 Brianus (nom) StPaulDom p. 41,
briani (gen) ibid. p. 39;
1530 Brianno (dat) LIWill-III p. 32;
1530/31 Briano (dat) ibid. p. 94,
Brianus (nom) ibid. p. 95;
1558 Bryanni (gen) Reg-KirkElla p. 1,
Bryanus (nom) ibid. p. 1
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Brian LIWill-III p. 22,
Bryan ibid. p. 5,
bryan PP-HenV p. 19;
1556/57 Bryan PRThirsk p. 1;
1567 Bryant BEmar-vol2 p. 95;
1582 Brian StAnthonlin p. 29;
1583 Bryann HAmar-vol9 p. 68;
1588/9 Brian StMary-Ke p. iv;
1590 Bryan BEmar-vol1 p. 14
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1258 Briani (gen) ArrestReg-volI I, Pentecost,
Brianum (acc) ibid. I, Pentecost,
Brianus (nom) ibid. I, Pentecost
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Brian (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 24
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Brian". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Brian.