Given name & surname
Brannan
“from the broom or gorse hill”
Brannan is a variant of Brandon. One English interpretation is “from the broom or gorse hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brannan is a variant of Brandon. One English interpretation is “from the broom or gorse hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brannan is a variant of Brandon. Brandon has been associated with Old English and Italian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Brannan is a variant of Brandon. The history of Brandon gives this family its wider story. Brandon’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Brannan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 392
- 381 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 432 as a first name in 2020; 6,615 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.
Brannan’s family of names
Brannan has a related form in Brandon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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