Entry № 1635 · Italian origin

Briella Briella — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bree-EL-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"God is my strength (short form of Gabriella)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (American)

A name that means "god is my strength (short form of gabriella)".

Briella is a modern American name — a short form of Gabriella, ultimately from the Hebrew Gavri'el ("God is my strength"). A top-200 US baby name since 2014. The name Briella has surged dramatically through the 2010s, climbing from outside the top-1000 in 2008 to peak at #156 in 2024 — making it one of the fastest-rising modern American girls' names. Briella Brogan — American competitive cheerleader. Brie / Brielle are the broader family of related names — Brielle (#206 in 2024), Brie (rarely used as full name; Brie Larson's character is short for Brianne), and Briella (#156 in 2024) all share the bri- base.

God is my strength.

The name in its native script.

Briella
Transliteration
Briella
Pronunciation
/ briˈɛl.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Briella stands.

Briella 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.

Briellas before her.

Real people
Briella Calafiore
American TV personality.
born 1986
In fiction
Briella
Various American culture.

Names connected to Briella.

The number behind Briella.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Briella reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.