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Bran - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bran

[ 1 syll. bran, br-an ] The boy name Bran is pronounced as BRAEN KEY. Bran is primarily used in the English language and its language of origin is Old English. Bran is a variant form of the English name Brandon.

Bran is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Bran, the English Brandon was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Bran include the English Barn, the Irish Beirne, the English and German Bern, the Scandinavian Bjarne, the Scandinavian Bjoern, the Scandinavian Bjorn, the Scandinavian Bjorne, the Scandinavian and German Björn, the Scandinavian Bjørn, the English Brahm, the English Brain, the Dutch and English Bram, the English Bren, the English and Welsh Brin, the English Brinn, the English and Irish Bron, the Irish Brone, the English Brown, the English and Welsh Bryn, and the Welsh Brynn.

KEY: Pronunciation for Bran: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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