How do you pronounce Bran?

Bran is pronounced “BRAN”. Irish has three main dialect groups (Ulster, Connacht and Munster) and many names are said differently in each. The respellings here give the pronunciation most commonly heard in Irish English; where a well-known variant exists, both are shown.

Is Bran a boy's or a girl's name?

Bran is traditionally a boy's name in Ireland.

How else is Bran spelled?

Other spellings and equivalents include Brann. Irish names were written down by English-speaking clerks for centuries, which is why so many spellings survive for one name.

Boy's name

Bran

“BRAN”

'raven'

Brann

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The story behind the name

Bran was one of Fionn's two great hounds (a transformed cousin, in some tellings) and 'The Voyage of Bran' is one of the earliest Irish accounts of a journey to the Otherworld across the sea.

Surnames built on this name

Branagan · Ó Branagáin

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