Brendan

Boy
7 letters

Celtic Raven.

Gaelic Brave.

German Flame.

Irish Prince. Some scholars believe Brendan means 'stinking hair'

Famous bearer 6th century Irish abbot St Brendan founded a monastery at Clonfert in County Galway; then is said to have sailed across the Atlantic on a voyage of discovery.

Brendan is a boy’s name of Celtic, Gaelic, German and Irish origin. Meaning in Celtic: Raven. Meaning in Gaelic: Brave. Meaning in German: Flame. Meaning in Irish: Prince. Some scholars believe Brendan means ‘stinking hair’. Famous bearer: 6th century Irish abbot St Brendan founded a monastery at Clonfert in County Galway; then is said to have sailed across the Atlantic on a voyage of discovery. The name has 7 letters.

Related names

Breena

Gaelic Irish

Fairy palace. Also variant of Brianna and Sabrina.

Bren

German

Flame.

Brenda

Gaelic Irish Norse Scottish Teutonic

Little raven. Prince, little raven, or beacon on the hill. Some scholars believe Brendan means 'stinking hair'. Feminine form of the Norse masculine name Brand, meaning sword or torch. From the Norse, meaning sword or torch, this name was originally used only in the Shetland Isles of Scotland, but spread to other parts of the English-speaking world after Brenda appeared as a heroine in Sir Walter Scott's 1822 novel The Pirate. Sword.