Brie is from the French region Brie (east of Paris, the home of Brie cheese since the 8th century) — also from the Irish Brigh (strength), a short form of Brianna or Brigid. Brie Larson (born Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, 1989) — *American actress; Academy Award for Best Actress for Room (2015) at age 26 — playing a kidnapped young mother held captive in a single 10-by-10 foot shed for seven years. Captain Marvel — the highest-grossing female-led superhero film of all time at its 2019 release ($1.13B), making Larson the first woman to headline a billion-dollar Marvel movie. Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG Awards all for Room. Brie Bella (born Brianna Garcia-Colace, 1983) — American professional wrestler; WWE Divas Champion. The Brie Cheese Appellation d'Origine Protégée has covered Brie since 1980. Brie*, as a given name, has charted in the US since 2007.
Featured throughout 2010s film and reality television.
Brie does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Brie reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.