Bryan Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Behind the Bryan surname stands Bryant, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

Before spelling was fixed, Bryant was also written Bryan. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bryan, so the heraldry linked to Bryant is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Bryan report, with a museum-style coat of arms.