O'Beirne

proper noun

A surname from Irish.

OriginIrish Ó Broin →
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Meanings

proper nounO'Beirne (plural O'Beirnes)

plural O'Beirnes

  1. A surname from Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Broin“descendant of Bran”
  2. EnglishO'Beirne

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

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

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

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