Etymology

O'Beirne

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

Irish Ó Broin
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The story

  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Broin“descendant of Bran”
  2. English todayO'Beirne

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a byname from bran (“raven”). See Byrne.

Words from the same roots

IrishÓ Broin all →

Byrne

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.