Brennan
Gaelic family name
Brennan is an Irish surname and given name, from a Gaelic word meaning sorrow or descendant of Braonán.
As a surname, it remains common in Ireland and among Irish diaspora: Justice William Brennan served on the Supreme Court.
As a first name, it gained popularity in the late twentieth century for boys and occasionally girls.
Of the Emerald Isle
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
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ancestry · heritage · genealogy · family · patronymic · Kilkenny · Leinster · emigration
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- FoxProminent media surname
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Male given name
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- GeorgetownStoried D.C. locale
- economistScarcity and allocation scholar
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Male in character
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- nicknameInformal substitute name
- baptismalOf the initiation rite
Irish
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Bones
Doctor's skeletal nickname
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- anthropologistHuman culture researcher
- FoxProminent media surname
Booth · Jeffersonian · crime · procedural · Sydney · character
William
Male given name
- WalterArmy-ruler name
- JusticeFormal address for judges
- GeorgetownStoried D.C. locale
economist · author · actor · politician · historian · filmmaker · athlete · musician
masculine
Male in character
- first-nameGiven name at birth
- namesakeOne sharing another's name
- nicknameInformal substitute name
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