The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Broin“descendant of Bran”
- English todayByrne
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a personal name based on bran (“raven”).
Words from the same roots
IrishÓ Broin all →
O'Beirne
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.