Bren

A unisex name of Irish origin, meaning raven or teardrop.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bren by the numbers

Bren was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Breonnoble or high; a form of Brian50 in the US (2017)
  • Bretfrom brittany; a breton23 in the US (2017)
  • Briennoble high; a form of Brien12 in the US (2017)
  • Brinfair or noble; a form of Brien12 in the US (2017)
  • Beren7 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Bren

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

  • Breannenoble, high; a form of Brianna38 in the US (2017)
  • Breann20 in the US (2017)
  • Breeann8 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a bird

Like Bren, 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 Bren

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