Briana is the feminine form of Brian, an Irish name of uncertain meaning that is usually explained as "high" or "noble". The name was all but unknown before the 1970s and then rode the wave of Brianna, Brittany and Brianne through the 1980s and 1990s. In the United States Briana was number 83 in 2000, had slipped to 421 by 2015 and ranks 661 in 2025.