Boy · Welsh and Old Irish
Bran
Say it: BRAN
Meaning
Welsh and Irish bran 'raven, crow'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 200 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 145,700 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Brân
Famous bearers
- Bendigeidfran (Bran the Blessed) of the Mabinogi
- Bran mac Febail, voyager in an Irish tale
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Where this comes from
- Early Welsh tales, poetry and genealogies
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.