Bryna is an
Irish feminine name used mostly in
North America
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. An uncommon name meaning "Strong One", Bryna may be a variant form of Breena, a variant spelling of
Brenna, or a variant of
Brianna
Brianna, Breanna, Briana, and Bryanna are feminine given names. Brianna is a feminine English language form of the masculine Irish language name Brian as "Briana" is the original spelling. The name is a relatively modern one and was occasionally us ...
, the female form
Brian
Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan (given name), Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish language, Irish and Breton language, Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan language, Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world. ...
.
Bryna may be a feminine form of the
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
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Bren, derived from the root ''bri'' "strength," force." Alternatively, it may be derived from the Gaelic ''bran'' "raven."
Bryna is also used as a
Jewish name, as an anglicised form of
Yiddish
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''ברײַנע'' (Brayne).
Brayne
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Notable people with the name include:
* Bryna Ivens Untermeyer (1909–1985), American writer and editor
* Bryna Kra (born 1966), American mathematician
* Bryna Raeburn (1915–1985), American radio and voice actress
* Bryna Taubman, American journalist and writer
References
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Irish-language feminine given names
Feminine given names