Bryony

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Bryony, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Calla
• Azalea
• Clover
• Cassia
• Dahlia
• Camellia
• Acacia
• Amaryllis
• Peony
• Aster
• Daphne
• Cecily

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Bryony is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A perennial herb of the genus Bryonia, especially the common wild species Bryonia dioica.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, ) Briony ['braiani]: in den i99oer-Jahren aus dem Englischen entlehn­ ter weibl. Vom. nach der Pflanzenbezeich­ nung (engl, bryony »Bryonie«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• English: from the name of the plant (Greek bryonia ). This is one of a more recently coined (20th-century) batch of names taken from vocabulary words denoting flowers. Variant: Briony .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Bryony Colesb. 1946GBBritish archaeologist
• Bryony Laveryb. 1947GBBritish playwright and screenwriter
• Bryony Gordonb. 1980GBBritish columnist and author
• Bryony Affersonb. 1983GBBritish actor and musician
• Bryony Shawb. 1983GBBritish windsurfer
• Bryony Hannahb. 1984GBEnglish actress
• Bryony Pageb. 1990GBBritish trampolinist
• Bryony Sethb. 1990GBBritish actress
• Bryony Pitmanb. 1997GBBritish archer
• Bryony Bothab. 1997NZNew Zealand cyclist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Bryony come from?

From the name of the plant (Greek bryonia). This is one of the names coined in the 20th century from vocabulary words denoting flowers. Variant: Briony. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

Is Bryony a male or female name?

Bryony is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What are other forms of the name Bryony?

In the etymology graph, Briony is a form of the same name in other languages.

What does the name Bryony mean?

Recorded meaning: From the name of the plant (Greek bryonia).

How do you pronounce Bryony?

A machine transcription gives /bɹaɪəni/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Bryony have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Bryony in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bryony.

How common is the name Bryony?

In the United States, the national register counted 367 people named Bryony in 2020, about 1 in 906 thousand residents.