--- title: Brienne is the U.K.'s Newest Addition to Game of Thrones Baby Names description: Khaleesi and Arya are more popular canonical: https://time.com/4000043/game-of-thrones-baby-names/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-17T11:47:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:23:29.160Z og:title: People Are Naming Their Daughters After These 'Game of Thrones' Characters og:description: Khaleesi and Arya are more popular og:url: https://time.com/4000043/game-of-thrones-baby-names/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef14232ce983ba7c/698854b83c1639103445863e/gwendoline-christie-brienne-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth in 'Game of Thrones' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Are Naming Their Daughters After These 'Game of Thrones' Characters twitter:description: Khaleesi and Arya are more popular twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef14232ce983ba7c/698854b83c1639103445863e/gwendoline-christie-brienne-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Brienne is the Name of 4 Girls Born in the U.K. in 2014 by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Aug 17, 2015 11:47 AM UTC  Helen Sloan—HBO by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Aug 17, 2015 11:47 AM UTC Brienne is the U.K.’s newest entry to _Game of Thrones_\-inspired baby names for females in 2014, [according to data from the U.K. Office for National Statistics](http://visual.ons.gov.uk/baby-names/). Last year, four girls were named Brienne, after Brienne of Tarth from the cult HBO television program. The Starks are the most popular _Game of Thrones_ girls names: with 244 named Arya and 6 girls named Sansa. The data also revealed that 53 girls were named Khaleesi –the royal title Daenerys Targaryen takes when she marries Khal Drogo. Nine girls were named Daenerys in 2014. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4000043/game-of-thrones-baby-names/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4000043/game-of-thrones-baby-names/"},"headline":"Brienne is the Name of 4 Girls Born in the U.K. in 2014","datePublished":"2015-08-17T11:47:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:29.160Z","description":"Khaleesi and Arya are more popular","url":"https://time.com/4000043/game-of-thrones-baby-names/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Children","Television","game of thrones","Parents"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef14232ce983ba7c/698854b83c1639103445863e/gwendoline-christie-brienne-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef14232ce983ba7c/698854b83c1639103445863e/gwendoline-christie-brienne-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth in 'Game of Thrones'","caption":"Gwendoline Christie as Brienne of Tarth in 'Game of Thrones'","creditText":"Helen Sloan—HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4000043/game-of-thrones-baby-names/","name":"Brienne is the Name of 4 Girls Born in the U.K. in 2014"}}]}] ```