Brienne

English

Etymology

From French Brienne.

Proper noun

Brienne

1. A placename
   1. The town of Brienne-le-Château in France.

      Napoleon was nearly captured by the Cossacks after the Battle of Brienne, but was saved by one of his generals.

      • 2011, Frank McLynn, Napoleon: A Biography, →ISBN:

        Napoleon arrived in Brienne on 15 May 1779.

   2. The commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
2. (obsolete) A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne. Obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”).
3. (rare) A female given name, in occasional modern use.
   • 2009, Brienne J. Meyer, Adirondack Mycorrhizal and Saprobic Macromycetes
   • 2000, George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 3, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 16:

     "You will call me Brienne. Not wench."

French

Proper noun

Brienne ?

1. a placename
   1. the commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.
   2. the commune of Brienne-le-Château, in l'Aube, France; which includes the Brienne Military Academy
   3. the commune of Brienne-sur-Aisne, in Ardennes, France
   4. the commune of Brienne-la-Vieille, in l'Aube, France
2. a surname, an elliptical variant of de Brienne

Descendants

• English: Brienne
  • English: Bryan