Given name
Breandán
“king”
Breandán is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Irish.
Original LatinBrendanus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Breandán goes back to Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėntin, meaning “king.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Breandán comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Irish usage, Breandán developed from Brénainn.
Breandán’s family of names
In Irish usage, Breandán shares an earlier linguistic root with Bréanainn. In Irish usage, Breandán has a conventional equivalent in the English form Brendan. In Irish usage, Breandán was borrowed from the Latin form Brendanus.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Breandán has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Breandán comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Breandán
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Breandán, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Sabarís
“Suebi” · “king”
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Sabariz
“Suebi” · “king”
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Sargão
“the true King”
>99% boys
Theoderic
“people” · “king”
>99% boys
Salveregina
“hail, queen”
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Baltasar
“baal protect the king”
>99% boys
Brendun
“born to royalty; a prince”
>99% boys
Rehalan
“Ruler, King of the whole existence”
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