Bran
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning raven.
Bran by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Bran. In the US, 11 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Bran
Forms of Bran in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bran. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Bran
Names that are said the same way as Bran, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Bran, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bran
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