Bryony or Briony is a feminine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
derived from the name of the
plant
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. It may refer to:
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Bryony Afferson
Bryony Afferson (born 9 March 1983) is an English actress and musician. As a musician, she came to public attention playing guitarist Charlie in ''Totally Frank'' on British Channel 4 which led to the band Frank (band), Frank releasing the ''Devi ...
(born 1983), British actress and musician
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Briony Akle
Briony Akle is a former Australia netball player and current netball coach. Between 1999 and 2004, Akle played for Sydney Swifts in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league. Akle was a member of the Sydney Swifts teams that won premierships in 20 ...
(born c. 1977), Australian netball player and coach
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Bryony Botha (born 1997), New Zealand cyclist
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Bryony Brind
Bryony Jane Susan St John Brind (27 May 1960 – 2 December 2015) was a British ballerina and principal dancer with the Royal Ballet.
Brind was born in Plymouth, the elder child of Major Roger Brind RM, and his wife, Jennifer Grey. She started at ...
(1960–2015), British ballerina
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Briony Cole
Briony Chastine "Bree" Cole (born 28 February 1983) is a retired Australian diving (sport), diver who won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, silver and bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and a silver medal at the Beijing 2 ...
(born 1983), Australian diver
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Bryony Coles
Bryony Jean Coles, (born 12 August 1946) is a prehistoric archaeologist and academic. She is best known for her work studying Doggerland, an area of land now submerged beneath the North Sea.
Early life and education
Coles was born on 12 Aug ...
(born 1946), British archaeologist
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Bryony Frost
Bryony Frost (born 13 April 1995) is an English National Hunt jockey from Buckfastleigh, Devon. In 2019 she became the first female jockey to win a Grade 1 race at the Cheltenham Festival.
Background
Frost comes from a racing family. Her fathe ...
(born 1995), British jockey
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Bryony Gordon
Bryony Naomi Gordon (born 5 July 1980) is an English journalist.
Early life
Gordon is the daughter of ''Sunday Mirror'' gossip columnist Jane Gordon. She was educated at a Kew College primary school and later attended the independent Queen's Ga ...
(born 1980), British journalist
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Bryony Griffith
Bryony Griffith (born 1977 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England) is an English fiddle player and singer, specialising in English traditional songs and tunes. She is best known for her work with the Demon Barbers and a cappella quartet Witches ...
(born 1977), British musician
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Bryony Hannah
Bryony Hannah (born 1984) is a British actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's ''Call the Midwife''.
Personal life
The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leavin ...
(born 1984), British actress
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Bryony Kimmings
Bryony Kimmings (born 30 March 1981) is a British live artist based in London and Cambridgeshire. She is an associate artist of the Soho Theatre, and, in 2016, was commissioned to write ''The Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer'' for Complicit ...
(born 1981), British artist
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Bryony Lavery
Bryony Lavery (born 1947) is a British dramatist, known for her successful and award-winning 1998 play '' Frozen''. In addition to her work in theatre, she has also written for television and radio. She has written books including the biography ...
(born 1947), British dramatist
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Briony McRoberts
Briony McRoberts (10 February 1957 – 17 July 2013) was an English actress.
Career
On television, she played Tessa Kilpin in "No Stone", the 57th episode of '' The Professionals'', and appeared in television programmes including ''The Bill'' ...
(1957–2013), English actress
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Bryony Marks
Bryony Marks is an Australian composer of film scores and theatre music, for which she has won several awards and been nominated for many others. Among her television credits is ''Please Like Me'' and ''Barracuda'', and films include '' Berlin S ...
(born c.1971), Australian screen composer
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Bryony Page
Bryony Kate Frances Page (born 10 December 1990) is a British individual trampoline gymnast. She is the 2021 women's individual trampoline world champion, and part of the British team that won team gold at the 2013 world championships.
Page be ...
(born 1990), British gymnast
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Briony Penn (born 1960), Canadian author and environmental activist
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Briony Scott
Briony Scott (born 28 September 1963) is an Australian educator and columnist, who is currently principal of Wenona School, an independent school for girls that is located in the lower north shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Early ...
(born 1963), Australian educator and columnist
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Bryony Shaw
Bryony Elisabeth Shaw (born 28 April 1983, Wandsworth) is a British Olympic windsurfer.
Early life
She first began windsurfing in the south of France in 1992. She attended Cheney Upper School near Headington in Oxford (where her ...
(born 1983), British windsurfer
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Bryony van Velzen (born 1996), Dutch cyclist
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Bryony Worthington, Baroness Worthington
Bryony Katherine Worthington, Baroness Worthington, (born 19 September 1971), is a British environmental campaigner and life peer in the House of Lords. She has promoted change in attitudes to the environment, and action to tackle climate change ...
(born 1971), British environmentalist
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English feminine given names
Given names derived from plants or flowers