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Bréanainn

“prince, king”

Language context for this entry: Irish

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Origin: Proto-Celtic
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01 / Meaning & origin

About Bréanainn

Bréanainn is a masculine given name documented in Irish. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Celtic via Old Irish and Old Welsh, with the stated meaning “prince, king”.

Proto-Celtic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “prince, king”

From Old Irish Brénainn, from Old Welsh breenhin (“prince, king”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brigantīnos (“(someone) pre-eminent, outstanding”), a diminutive of *brigantī (“high, exalted”). Doublet of Breandán.

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Wiktionary: BréanainnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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About Bréanainn

Bréanainn is a masculine given name documented in Irish. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Celtic via Old Irish and Old Welsh, with the stated meaning “prince, king”.

Proto-Celtic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “prince, king”

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Old Irish
Old Welsh
Proto-Celtic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Proto-language forms marked with an asterisk in the source are reconstructions, rather than dated records of a person using the name.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: BréanainnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Bréanainn is used

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Ireland

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Documented as a given name in Irish.

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Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms1

Wiktionary: BréanainnCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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A story to pass on.

About Bréanainn

Proto-Celtic origin

Where Bréanainn is used

Across borders

Ireland

Popularity over time

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

A name worth keeping.

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