Brennan (meaning and origin)

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Brennan

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Meaning and origin
Brennan is a Irish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Prince of Sorrow`.

Where is it used?
The name Brennan is mainly used in Irish and in English.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Brendan (In Irish and in English)
Brendon (In English)
Brenden (In English)
Brandon (In English)
Brenda (In English)

Extra information:
Alternative meanings (Old English) Prince of Sorrow

More `Brennan` links
Brennan as abbreviation
Actors named Brennan
Brennan in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Brennan

Brennan appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 284.. 1999 was a `top year` for the name Brennan. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #270. The last time Brennan appeared among the most common names was in 1970. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	284
2006	299
2005	312
2004	300
2003	275
2002	274
2001	274
2000	276
1999	270
1998	274
1997	288
1996	297
1995	288
1994	329
1993	356
1992	367
1991	345
1990	383
1980	736
1970	931
1960	---
1950	---
1940	---
1930	---
1920	---
1910	---
1900	---
1890	---
1880	---

See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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Tammie
I love this name we named our baby boy this and ppl complement it all the time and I have not met one other person with it yet!

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