Bria
name
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Italian.
- 2 A female given name.
"She'd always refused to be called anything but Brianna. Yet when Mike had first called her Bria, they were making love for the first time, and the gentle way he spoke the name had sounded like poetry."
Example
More examples"She'd always refused to be called anything but Brianna. Yet when Mike had first called her Bria, they were making love for the first time, and the gentle way he spoke the name had sounded like poetry."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian Bria, a surname of uncertain meaning.
Etymology 2
A 20th-century short form of Briana.
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