Bryony
BRY-uh-nee
English/Greek
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Climbing vine; Sprouting
- Origin
- English/Greek
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Bryony does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Climbing vine; Sprouting", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Bryony.
- 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
- Bryony climbs as the branch abides — fruitful in the vine, nothing apart from Christ, the climbing soul that bears much through connection.
- Verses on this meaning
- John 15:5
"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."
- John 15:4
"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me."
- John 15:5