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Updated: April 21, 2025

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Sword
  • Irish : Little raven; Feminine of Brandon; fiery hill

How Popular Is The Name Bren

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : presumably a nickname for a very active person, from Yiddish bren ‘heat’, ‘fervor’, ‘ardor’.

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