How do you pronounce Brendan?

Brendan is pronounced BREN-duhn.

What is the origin of Brendan?

Brendan is of Irish Gaelic origin, from Irish culture.

Boy name Irish Gaelic origin Catholic tradition

Brendan

BREN-duhn · 7 letters · 2 syllables

What it means

Prince

Language

Irish Gaelic

Culture

Irish

Religion

Catholic

Style era

modern

Themes

Irish · saintly

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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1009

2024 births221

Peak year1999

First appeared1912

Total US births91,612

Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames

Bren

Alternate spellings

BrendonBrenden

In other languages

BreandanBrandan

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Notable people named Brendan

Brendan Fraser

Saint Brendan

Brendan Behan

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