Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Brehon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brehon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 19 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 8 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 6 in 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 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.
Brehon’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Brehon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Brett
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94% boys · 6% girls
Brandon
“from the broom or gorse hill”
>99% boys
Johnathon
“God has given” · “a gift of God”
>99% boys
Ramon
“a wise protector”
>99% boys
Jonathon
“God has given” · “a gift of God”
>99% boys
Brendan
“born to royalty; a prince”
>99% boys
Bryant
Bryant is a masculine given name from Irish.
>99% boys