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The given name Bryan is a variant of the given name Brian. [1] Its spelling is influenced by the surname Bryan. [2] The given name Brian is thought to be derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble". [3]
Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, [1] as well as a surname of Occitan origin. [2] It is common in the English-speaking world . It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meaning "high" or "noble". [ 1 ]
Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an anglicised form. Some Irish names have false cognates, i.e. names that look similar but are not etymologically related, e.g. Áine is commonly accepted as the Irish equivalent of the etymologically unrelated names Anna and Anne. During the "Irish revival", some Irish ...
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.
[a] [2] Eugene O'Curry was working from a manuscript in his possession, [3] and gives the name as "Brian", but notes that "Uar" was an alternate name for Brian. [ 4 ] Plot
From Isa Masih, a name of Jesus Christ in the Hindi-language Bible. [12] The term literally means '[person/people] of Jesus' in India and Pakistan, but in the latter country, Isai has been pejoratively used by non-Christians to refer to 'street sweepers' or 'labourers', occupations that have been held by Christian workers of Dalit ancestry. [13]
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Jesus (/ ˈ dʒ iː z ə s /) is a masculine given name derived from Iēsous (Ἰησοῦς; Iesus in Classical Latin) the Ancient Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua (ישוע). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As its roots lie in the name Isho in Aramaic and Yeshua in Hebrew, it is etymologically related to another biblical name, Joshua .