# Bryan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɹaɪən/ · frequency rank #7,315

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Irish, a less common alternative spelling of Brian.
2. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Brian.
3. A city, the county seat of Williams County, Ohio.
4. A city, the county seat of Brazos County, Texas.

## Easily confused with
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bryan-vs-bryn)
- **Busan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bryan-vs-busan)
- **Bryant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bryan-vs-bryant)
- **Bryson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bryan-vs-bryson)
- **Bunyan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bryan-vs-bunyan)
- **ban** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ban-vs-bryan)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bra-vs-bryan)
- **brad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brad-vs-bryan)
- **bean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bean-vs-bryan)
- **brag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brag-vs-bryan)
- **brat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brat-vs-bryan)
- **bray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bray-vs-bryan)
- **bran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bran-vs-bryan)
- **brah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brah-vs-bryan)
- **Brea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brea-vs-bryan)
- **bren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bren-vs-bryan)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bryan)
- **break** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/break-vs-bryan)
- **began** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/began-vs-bryan)
- **brown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brown-vs-bryan)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbryan`, `brayn`, `brryan`, `bryann`, `bryna`, `bryyan`, `byran`, `rbyan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bryan