Etymology

Drennan

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Today it means: A surname from Irish. Full definition →

Irish Ó Draighneáin
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Draighneáin“descendant of Draighneán”
  2. English todayDrennan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Draighneáin (“descendant of Draighneán”), a byname from draighneán (“blackthorn tree”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.