Family name origins & meanings
- English : nickname from Gaelic and Welsh bran ‘raven’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Hebrew acronym consisting of ben-rabi ‘son of’ + the initials of some personal name (for example Nachman, Nahum, Nathan).
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