Briar Family History
Briar Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English (atte) bre(i)r ‘(at the) prickly or thorny plant’ for someone who lived by such plants such as brier (the dog rose) or bramble (compare Breer ) or a nickname perhaps alluding to a sharp-tongued person.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022