Briar: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “thorny shrub”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- BRY-er · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Both (51% girls, 49% boys since 1880)
From the English vocabulary word brier/briar for a thorny plant, especially wild rose. It is a modern given name from a nature word.
How popular is Briar?
Babies named Briar in 2024974
2024 rank#523 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188012,170
Briar is rising: use over the last five years is 3.5× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Briar
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Briar questions
What does the name Briar mean?
Briar means "thorny shrub". It comes from English. From the English vocabulary word brier/briar for a thorny plant, especially wild rose. It is a modern given name from a nature word.
Is Briar a boy or girl name?
Briar is used for both: about 51% of US babies named Briar since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Briar?
974 US babies were named Briar in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Briar?
Briar is usually pronounced BRY-er.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.