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O'Brien - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name O'Brien

[ 3 syll. o-brien, o'-bri-en ] The boy name O'Brien is pronounced as owBRAYahN KEY. O'Brien is used predominantly in Irish and it is derived from Celtic origins. The name O'Brien means exalted and high-minded.

O'Brien is not often used as a baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

A baby name that sounds like O'Brien is the name Oberon (English).

KEY: English pronunciation for O'Brien: OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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Meaning of O'Brien