Given name & surname
Brean
“from the fairy place”
Brean is a variant of Breen. One Irish interpretation is “from the fairy place.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brean is a variant of Breen. One Irish interpretation is “from the fairy place.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brean is a variant of Breen. An origin associated with Breen is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brean through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 154
- 10 boys · 144 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 14 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 girls is 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 301 as a first name in 2020; 303 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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