Given name & surname
Drennan
“descendant of Draighneán”
Drennan is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Drennan goes back to Irish Ó Draighneáin, meaning “descendant of Draighneán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Irish Ó Draighneáin (“descendant of Draighneán”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Drennan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 7 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 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 as a first name in 2020; 4,041 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.
Drennan’s family of names
In English usage, Drennan as a surname has a related form in DRENNEN. In English usage, Drennan as a surname has a related form in DRENNEN. In English usage, Drennan as a surname has a related form in DRENNON.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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