Given name & surname
Bran
“a ravenlike woman”
Bran is a variant of Brann. One Welsh interpretation is “a ravenlike woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bran is a variant of Brann. One Welsh interpretation is “a ravenlike woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bran is a variant of Brann. An origin associated with Brann is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 232
- 232 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 606 as a first name in 2020; 2,034 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bran
Characters named Bran: Bran Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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