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    Briallen

    bree-AL-en

    Welsh
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Primrose; First flower
    Origin
    Welsh
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Briallen does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Primrose; First flower", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Briallen.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Briallen blooms by divine command — desert blossoming, wilderness glad, the first flower declaring that God's seasons are faithful.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Song of Solomon 2:12

      "The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land."

    • Isaiah 35:1

      "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose."

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