Given name
Brona
“a sorrowful woman”
Brona is used as a given name. One Irish interpretation is “a sorrowful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a sorrowful woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 0 boys · 39 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 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 girls is 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 124 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brona’s family of names
Brona has a related form in Bronah. Brona has a related form in Bronna. Brona has a related form in Bronnah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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