Bresnahan

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proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Brosnacháin →
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Meanings

proper nounBresnahan (plural Bresnahans)

plural Bresnahans · alternative Brosnan

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Brosnacháin“descendant of Brosnachán”
  2. EnglishBresnahan

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brosnacháin (“descendant of Brosnachán”), a personal name derived from Brosna, the name of a town and a river in County Kerry.

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APA

Bresnahan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bresnahan

MLA

“Bresnahan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bresnahan. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bresnahan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bresnahan.

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