as a Last Name
- 1,684
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Brier
Meaning & Origins
English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a briar patch, Middle English brere. This was also applied as a nickname for a prickly, difficult person.
| 15,089th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,684
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Brier per capita
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