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*'''Fraser''' may be derived from Fredarius, Fresel or Freseau. Another suggestion is that the Frasers were a tribe in {{w|Gaul|Roman Gaul}}, whose badge was a strawberry plant.<ref name="Clan.Encyclopedia.Fraser">Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The {{w|Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs}}). Published in 1994. Pages 142 - 143.</ref>
 
*'''Fraser''' may be derived from Fredarius, Fresel or Freseau. Another suggestion is that the Frasers were a tribe in {{w|Gaul|Roman Gaul}}, whose badge was a strawberry plant.<ref name="Clan.Encyclopedia.Fraser">Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The {{w|Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs}}). Published in 1994. Pages 142 - 143.</ref>
 
*'''MacKenzie''' is the anglicized form of ''MacCoinnich'', a Gaelic patronymic name meaning "son of Coinneach". The personal name Coinneach means "handsome" or "comely".<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/coinneach Behind the Name]</ref><ref>[http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=mckenzie Ancestry.com]</ref>
 
*'''MacKenzie''' is the anglicized form of ''MacCoinnich'', a Gaelic patronymic name meaning "son of Coinneach". The personal name Coinneach means "handsome" or "comely".<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/coinneach Behind the Name]</ref><ref>[http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=mckenzie Ancestry.com]</ref>
*Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser MacKenzie named for Jamie's father, [[Brian Fraser]] and mother [[Ellen Fraser]]. Before Claire goes back through the stones prior to the Battle of Culloden, Jamie asks her to name the child after his father. When Claire rejoins Jamie in 1766 Edinburgh, Jamie tells Claire she pronounces the name wrong – it's not Bree-''ah''-na, it's ''Bree''-anah.
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*Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser MacKenzie is named for Jamie's father, [[Brian Fraser|Brian]], and mother, [[Ellen Fraser|Ellen]]. Before Claire goes back through the stones prior to the Battle of Culloden, Jamie asks her to name the child after his father. When Claire rejoins Jamie in 1766 Edinburgh, Jamie tells Claire she pronounces the name wrong – it's not Bree-''ah''-na, it's ''Bree''-anah.
   
 
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Slowly, as it always did, the calm inexorable logic of the figures built its web inside her head, trapping all the random thoughts, wrapping the distracting emotions up in silken threads like so many flies. Round the central axis of the problem, logic spun her web, orderly and beautiful as an orb-weaver’s jeweled confection.
— Brianna, Drums of Autumn


Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser MacKenzie is the second daughter of Claire and Jamie Fraser. Brianna did not know the story of her true parentage until after the man she had thought was her father, Frank Randall, had died and her mother took her to Scotland, where she told Brianna and Roger MacKenzie about her journey through time and her life with Jamie.

Personal History

Brianna was raised in Boston by Claire and Frank. She has a degree in engineering from MIT.

Events of the Novels

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Personality

Stubborn. Logical.

Physical Appearance

Brianna strongly resembles her father, standing at about six feet tall, with waist-length hair the color of a red deer's pelt, and slightly slanted blue eyes over high cheekbones. She has large, fine bones, and her hands are long and slim hands like Claire's, but broader and with square-shaped nails like Jamie's. Her mouth is wide with a full bottom lip. Those that knew Ellen MacKenzie, or have seen her self-portrait, remark how Brianna looks like her grandmother, but Brianna's chin is pointed, not rounded, and her features somewhat more bold than Ellen's.

Relationships

Name

  • Brianna is the female form of the name Brian, possibly from the old Celtic element bre ("hill")[1] or brig, "high, noble"; possibly "strong" and a variant of Brighid.[2]
  • Ellen is the medieval English form of Helen, which derives from the Greek ‘ελενη (helene) "torch" or "corposant".[3]
  • Fraser may be derived from Fredarius, Fresel or Freseau. Another suggestion is that the Frasers were a tribe in Roman Gaul, whose badge was a strawberry plant.[4]
  • MacKenzie is the anglicized form of MacCoinnich, a Gaelic patronymic name meaning "son of Coinneach". The personal name Coinneach means "handsome" or "comely".[5][6]
  • Brianna Ellen Randall Fraser MacKenzie is named for Jamie's father, Brian, and mother, Ellen. Before Claire goes back through the stones prior to the Battle of Culloden, Jamie asks her to name the child after his father. When Claire rejoins Jamie in 1766 Edinburgh, Jamie tells Claire she pronounces the name wrong – it's not Bree-ah-na, it's Bree-anah.

Trivia

TV Series

References

  1. Brian name meaning – Behind the Name, accessed 4 September 2014
  2. Briana – Celtic Female Names of Ireland, accessed 4 September 2014
  3. Helen name meaning – Behind the Name, accessed 4 September 2014
  4. Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 142 - 143.
  5. Behind the Name
  6. Ancestry.com