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Brennan and Braonán are masculine given names, and Brennan is also a feminine given name. [1] The given name Brennan is considered to be mainly an Irish or Gaelic name. The Gaelic personal name Braonán is derived from the Irish braon, meaning "sorrow". In some cases the given name Brennan may be a contracted form of the given name Brendan. [3]
Brennan (/ ˈ b r ɛ n ən /) [1] is an Irish surname which is an anglicised form of two different Irish-language surnames: Ó Braonáin and Ó Branáin (or Mac Branáin). [2] [3] [4] Historically, one source of the surname was the prominent clan Ua Braonáin (O'Brennan) of Uí Duach (Idough) [5] in Osraige who were a junior Dál Birn sept stemming from a younger son of Cerball mac Dúnlainge ...
During the decades spanning 1900–1940 the name wasn't among the top 1,000 given names recorded for babies in the United States. However, in the 1950s it ranked 679; in the 1960s 448; in the 1970s 293; in the 1980s 190; and in the 1990s 133. [11] In recent years in the United States, the name has fallen in the ranking of names for babies.
Pages in category "Surnames of Irish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 700 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Gerald Brenan (1894–1987), British writer and Hispanist; James Brenan (1837–1907), Irish artist; Ryan Brenan (1798–1868), Australian politician from New South Wales; John Brenan (physician) (1768?- 1830), Irish physician
Maeve (in that spelling) was a Top 100 girls' name in Ireland for all but 12 of the 46 years between 1964 and 2009, and Meabh ranked 99th on the list of the most popular Irish girls' names of 2020. In Northern Ireland , Maeve was a Top 100 girls' name between 1997 and 2004, and Meabh ranked 44th in 2017.
The name is, for the most part, found in North America. In 1982, the name was the 7th most common given name amongst African American males, and the 23rd most common name amongst White American males. [2] The name was ranked in the 1990 United States Census as being the 68th most common name amongst males. [53]
Brennan Motor Manufacturing Company of Syracuse, New York, a manufacturer of automobile engines from 1897 to 1972; Brennan torpedo, a torpedo patented in 1877; Brennan's, a creole restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana Brennan Family Restaurants, a group of restaurants operated by the Brennan family of New Orleans