Given name
Brendanus
“king”
Brendanus is a masculine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Latin.
Original IrishBreandán
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brendanus goes back to Proto-Brythonic *brɨɣėntin, meaning “king.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Brendanus comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Latin usage, Brendanus developed from Brénainn.
Brendanus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Brendanus developed from the Old Irish form Brénainn. In Latin usage, Brendanus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Brendan. In Latin usage, Brendanus has a later derivative in Brendan.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Brendanus has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
Irishwhere Brendanus comes from · 1 name
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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