Given name & surname
Drennen
“descendant of Draighneán”
Drennen is a surname from Irish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Drennen is a form of Drennan. Drennan goes back to Irish Ó Draighneáin, meaning “descendant of Draighneán.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Drennen is a form of Drennan. Drennan comes from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Drennen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 5 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 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,187 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.
Drennen’s family of names
In English usage, Drennen as a surname has a related form in DRENNAN.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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