What type of name is Brenna?

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Registered: 02-05-2004
What type of name is Brenna?
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Thu, 05-11-2006 - 12:51pm
I had always thought that Brenna was a "newer, more trendy" name, but is it really an older Irish name?
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Registered: 10-14-2005
Thu, 05-11-2006 - 1:15pm

It definitely has a "newer/trendy" feel about it. It has Irish roots, but I'm not sure that it's ever been used en masse in Ireland.


Here are a couple of possibilities as far as it's Irish heritage:


The Irish name Bréanainn,



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Registered: 06-14-2003
Thu, 05-11-2006 - 2:31pm
I don't know about where the name came from but I do think of it as a "new" name & probably trendy.
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Registered: 05-09-2004
Thu, 05-11-2006 - 3:10pm
I don't know, I just think it's a beautiful name =)


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