Brannon

A unisex name of Irish origin, meaning descendant of Bran, raven.

Babies a year
26
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Brannon by the numbers

Brannon was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 158 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Bran

Like Brannon, each of these traces back to Bran: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Bransonson of Bran the raven327 in the US (2017)
  • Branraven4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Brainsorrow or raven; from Bran6 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Brandandescendant of brandan; a form of brendan19 in the US (2017)
  • Brandinfiery hill; a form of Brandon12 in the US (2017)
  • Brennyndescendant of Branan; modern spelling of Brennan6 in the US (2017)
  • Brinson8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Brannon

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

  • Brannenraven; related to bran5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Brannon, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • 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)

Names about as common as Brannon

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