Brannen
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning raven; related to 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
Brannen by the numbers
Brannen was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Brannen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brandensword or fiery beacon; form of Brandon115 in the US (2017)
- Brennenteardrop; a form of Brennan87 in the US (2017)
- Brannondescendant of Bran, raven26 in the US (2017)
- Bransen59 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Brannen, 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 Brannen
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