Given name · also Irish
Brandán
“prince, king”
Brandán is a masculine given name from Irish, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Galician.
Original IrishBréanainn
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brandán goes back to Old Welsh breenhin, meaning “prince, king.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Brandán comes from Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Galician usage, Brandán developed from Brendanus. In Galician usage, Brandán developed from Bréanainn.
Brandán’s family of names
In Galician usage, Brandán developed from the Latin form Brendanus. In Galician usage, Brandán has a conventional equivalent in the English form Brendan. In Galician usage, Brandán developed from the Irish form Bréanainn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Brandán has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Celtic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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