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Theme
Feminine

Brielle

/briˈɛl/

God is my strength

HebrewFrench

How to say it

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/briˈɛl/

What it means

Modern American short of Gabrielle (French feminine of Gabriel, Hebrew 'God is my strength'). Also coincidentally the name of a Dutch town (Brielle) but the given-name use is from Gabrielle.

Brielle started as a modern American short form of Gabrielle (French feminine of Gabriel, from the Hebrew Gavriʾel, 'God is my strength'). The name also coincidentally matches a Dutch town and former municipality in South Holland (Brielle, on the Maas) — but the given-name use is from Gabrielle. The shift to standalone given-name status happened in the US in the 2010s. The Real Housewives of New Jersey's Brielle Biermann (Kim Zolciak's daughter) gave the name reality-TV anchor. It entered the US top 200 in 2014. Common short: Bri.

Popularity over time

#10 #100 #1000 #1 #736718802025

peaked at #99 in 2018, currently #143 in 2025.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving

Heads-up notes

  • Nickname

    Brielle is itself a short for Gabrielle; some families give Brielle directly, others use Gabrielle formally and Brielle daily.

Who's worn it

Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.

  • Brielle Biermann American reality-TV personality, Real Housewives of Atlanta and Don't Be Tardy

Spelling variants

  • Gabrielle
  • Briella