Given name & surname
Brentan
“from the hill”
Brentan is a variant of Brent. One English interpretation is “from the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brentan is a variant of Brent. One English interpretation is “from the hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brentan is a variant of Brent. An origin associated with Brent is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Brentan is a variant of Brent. The history of Brent gives this family its wider story. Brent’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Brentan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 36 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 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 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2002.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brentan’s family of names
Brentan has a related form in Brent.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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