Surname Definition: See 'Family Crest' below.

Origins: English and French.

Alternate spellings: BRYAN, BRYANT, BRIAN, BREINE, BRINE, BRYAND, BRIAND, BRIANT, BRYANE, BRIEN, BRIENT, BRYON, DEBRIAND, DESBRIAND, DEBRYANT, DEBRIAND, DEBRIANT, and others.

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: BARENTINE, BARNET, BARNETSON, BARNETT, BARNETTE, BARNTHOUSE, BARRIENTOS, BERENDS, BERMUDEZ, BERNET, BERNOTAS, BRAND, BRANDENBERG, BRANDENBURG, BRANDL, BRANDON, BRANDT, BRANDYBURG, BRANT, BRANTLEY, BRANTLINGER, BRANTON, BRENT, BRENTON, BRINDLE, BRINDLEY, BRINTON, BRONTE, BRUMMETT, BRUMMETTE, BRUNDAGE, BRUNDELL, BRUNET, BRUNT, BRUNTON, BURNET, BURNETT, and BURNETTE.

Other Resources

• BRYANT Coat of Arms, Family Crest
• BRYANT Family Genealogy Forum
• BRIEN Family Genealogy Forum
• BRYAN Family Genealogy Forum
• BRIAN Family Genealogy Forum
• Over 52,700 search results for BRYANT at TribalPages
• Over 47,600 search results for BRYANT at GenCircles
• Over 18,400 search results for BRYANT at GeneaNet
• Over 259,000 search results for BRYANT at Rootsweb
• Genealogy Mailing List for BRYANT at Rootsweb
• GenesReunited - free to search but userpay site $
• FamilySearch
• Answers.com – The world’s greatest encyclodictionalmanacapedia
• DeadFred – Genealogy photo archive
• AncientFaces – Family Treasures
• Linkpendium
• The O'Brien Clan
• Bryan Families DNA Project
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• RootsChat – Genealogy, Family History, Local History, Messaging Forum and more
• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• National Archives of Australia
• State Records Office, New South Wales, Australia
• Public Record Office, Victoria, Australia
• Archives of New Zealand
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Auckland City Libraries – family history resources, New Zealand
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography online