Brann

A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning raven; a form of bran.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brann by the numbers

Brann was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brann. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Brantfire; sword64 in the US (2017)
  • Briannstrong or noble; variant of Brian14 in the US (2017)
  • Branraven4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Braunbrown7 in the US (2017)
  • Brainsorrow or raven; from Bran6 in the US (2017)
  • Brinn18 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brann

Names that are said the same way as Brann, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Brayen11 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Brann, 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 Brann

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