Brennan (given name)
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Brennan and Braonán are a masculine given name
s. The given name Brennan is considered to be mainly an Irish or Gaelic name. The name is derived from the Irish surname Brennan, which in one form appears in Irish as Ó Braonáin, meaning "descendant of Braonán". The Gaelic personal name Braonán is derived from the Irish braon, meaning "moisture", "drop". In some cases the given name Brennan may be a contracted form of the given name Brendan
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Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
s. The given name Brennan is considered to be mainly an Irish or Gaelic name. The name is derived from the Irish surname Brennan, which in one form appears in Irish as Ó Braonáin, meaning "descendant of Braonán". The Gaelic personal name Braonán is derived from the Irish braon, meaning "moisture", "drop". In some cases the given name Brennan may be a contracted form of the given name Brendan
Brendan (disambiguation)
Brendan may refer to:*Brendan , an masculine given name in the English language-People:* Saint Brendan of Clonfert, an Irish monastic saint* Saint Brendan of Birr , Abbot of Birr in Co. Offaly, contemporaneous with the above...
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