Bryna (given name)

This article is about the Irish feminine name. For other topics, see Bryna (disambiguation).

Bryna is an Irish feminine name used mostly in North America. An uncommon name meaning "Strong One", Bryna may be a variant form of Breena, a variant spelling of Brenna, or a variant of Brianna, the female form Brian.^[1]

Bryna

Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	Strong One
Other names
Related names	Brana, Breanna, Breayanna, Breeanna, Brenee, Briahna, Briana, Brianna, Briannah, Brianni, Briauna, Briaunna, Brieanna, Brienna, Briney, Brinna, Briny, Bryana, Bryanna, Bryauna, Brynna.

Bryna may be a feminine form of the Celtic Bren, derived from the root bri "strength," force." Alternatively, it may be derived from the Gaelic bran "raven."^[2]

Bryna is also used as a Jewish name, as an anglicised form of Yiddish ברײַנע (Brayne).^[3]

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