Baby name
Brian
/BRY · an/
Meaning
“Strong, noble, or high”
From Old Irish Brían, meaning 'strong, noble, or high', name of the famous High King Brian Boru.
How it ages.
Feels distinctly mid-20th-century now, very common on men aged 35–65, less used for babies.
The cultural moment.
Peaked in the US and UK in the 1970s; rarely chosen for newborns today.