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Brian: Origin, Geographical Distribution
(Gaelic.) The nobly descended, from Bri, dignity, honor, and on, diminutive of that to which it is annexed, belonging to it; Gaelic, gin or gen, begotten. Bri, Welsh, honor; briadd, honorary. Bailey derives Brian from Bruiant, French, clamorous. Brian, in the Gaelic, also implies one who is fair-spoken, wordy, specious.
Brian Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : BRIANT | BRIAND | BRILLANT | BRIAN | BRILLAND | BRYANT | CREBESSEGUES
Brian: Place of Origin :  London (United Kingdom) |  Lancashire (United Kingdom) |  Devon (United Kingdom) |  Nottinghamshire (United Kingdom) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) |  Staffordshire (United Kingdom)
Brian: Online Family Trees
BRIAN Inglaterra (England, United Kingdom)  -
de BRIAN Ashley, Hants (Hampshire, England, United Kingdom) 1390 - 1393
BRIAN Angus,Ecosse (Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom) 1034 - 1034
BRIAN Haverfordwest, Pembroke (Wales, United Kingdom) 1307 - 1307
BRIAN Laughem, Cymru, Carmarthenshire (Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom) 1242 - 1242
BRIAN Pembroke, Pembroke (Wales, United Kingdom) 1228 - 1228
de BRIAN Barnstaple, Devonshire (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1268 - 1268
de BRIAN Clifton Campville (Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1279 - 1279
de BRIAN Laughem, Cymru, Carmarthenshire (Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom) 1242 - 1242
BRIAN 219, High St, Longton, Stoke-On-Trent. Staffordshire (Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1895 - 1895

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Brian: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Brian is related to the following famous family trees :
        ROBIEN (de) Gilles (1941 - )
Brian: Books that contain this surname
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BRIANThe municipality of Toronto : a history (Volume 3)
Author: Middleton, J. E. (Jesse Edgar), 1872-1960 - Published in 1923
... Ontario, daughter of the late Hugh Brian and Cathene (Sullivan) Hennessey. Her father was well known in buness circles, being ...
BRIANCalendar of the patent rolls preserved in the Public Record Office, prepared ...
Author: Great Britain Public Record Office, Public Record Office, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Margaret Post , Great Britain, J.G Black - Published in 1905
... confirmation to Hugh Loterell, knight, William Brian, knight, and William Potyn, clerk, of an indenture {in French) by Anne, late ...
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