Briar

Where Briar comes from

As a surname Middle English brere (“briar”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Briar
  • English
Briar through the years
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #8,292 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1993
    Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann born
    Swiss female curler
  3. 1998
    Briar Nolet born
    Canadian actress and dancer
  4. 2015
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #400
    778 babies named Briar, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Briar Nolet · Canadian actress and dancer, born 1998
  • Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann · Swiss female curler, born 1993
  • Briar Grace-Smith · Māori Scriptwriter, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.