Brian

American  

[brahy-uhn] / ˈbraɪ ən /

noun

1. a male given name.

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Brian British  

/ ˈbraɪən /

noun

1. Havergal (ˈhævəɡəl). 1876–1972, English composer, who wrote 32 symphonies, including the large-scale Gothic Symphony (1919–27)

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Example Sentences

Brian Langley, a 66-year-old restaurateur, said the tax is bad timing for him because he just sold his lobster restaurant and some small adjoining buildings for more than $1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

“I’ll put the odds of a deal in the next 10 days at 90%,” says Brian McCarthy, managing principal of Macrolens, a boutique investment-research firm in Massachusetts.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Jailing Garner, Judge Brian Cummings KC said: "The suffering experienced by Mr McColl was quite unspeakable and really does not bear dwelling on."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Brian Jabarian, a University of Chicago economist who conducted a rigorous independent evaluation of A.I. detectors, told me flatly, “This narrative that we shouldn’t use A.I. detection doesn’t seem to hold anymore.”

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

I overhear Madison telling Brian Li that Lara and Kirsten were actually the first to complete all the clues but didn’t fess up to getting inside information.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston