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As I understand it the Irish surname is most commonly spelled Breckan, and is based on Gaelic Breacán, which originally meant "speckled" or "freckled". The modern name could also be thought of as a respelling of the Welsh place name Brecon, which also ultimately goes back to a Celtic given name with the same derivation as the Irish name. As a modern given name, the spelling is usually Brecken or Breckin, and many parents may choose it because they want to call their son Breck in everyday life but are reluctant to use a one-syllable form as his official name.

I do believe the original spelling is Breckin and on another site it says the name is Irish Gaelic and means 'freckled'.

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I've also seen it on a young actor Brecken Palmer who was just in the new 'Your's, Mine and Our's' movie with his twin brother Bridger Palmer.
I've seen it spelled Breckon, Brechin, and Brackin and in the surname Breckinridge. I hope this clears up some questions, it's probably spelled a bit differently in Gaelic but I'm not quite up on that particular Irish name so I'm not sure.

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