The story
- Irish · borrowed fromÓ Branáin“descendant of Branán”
- Irish · borrowed fromÓ Braonáin“descendant of Braonán”
- English todayBrennan
From Irish Ó Braonáin (“descendant of Braonán”), a diminutive of braon (“moisture, drop”). Alternatively, from Irish Ó Branáin (“descendant of Branán”), a diminutive of bran (“raven”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.