Brennan

I like Brennan WAAAY more than Brendan. The latter just doesn't feel particularly attractive to me at all, and especially now in the age of all those trendy Br- names. But Brennan is really cool. It has a very lyrical quality to it, something ancient and poetic, yet strong and earthy and doesn't feel out of place on a normal individual in the modern world at all. For some reason it also makes me think of fire. Actually now that I'm writing this I've realised why that is, lol - Swedish and Norwegian have words relating to burning, fire etc. That sound similar, and I've been learning these languages. - My first association with this name though is definitely the Irish Brennan family - Clannad and Enya. - I'm generally not a big enthusiast of unisex names and if I were to use this name at all, I'd only consider using it for a boy, but I can actually totally see it on a girl, though it would feel a little bit tomboyish.

Sounds a bit stupid to me.

An Irish surname. Surnames provide an enormous amount of information and are fundamental in family research but this of course doesn't count if you've chosen the name as first name on the basis of liking the sound/meaning alone.

My real name is Brennan, I honestly find my name to be beautiful. I highly recommend this name! But honestly- I prefer to go by Bree.

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OH- also! I was in dance class, ballet, maybe this is just a coincidence... but it could've been me. I was still taking dance in 2018, but stopped in 2019. So, hehe! Yeah.

Brother in law's name is Brennan. I think it's memorable in a good way.

Better than Brendan.

This is a very good name and I say that it is a good name to use if you are having a boy.

I know two Brennans. One is very loud and funny, while the other is quiet and kind.

There is a girl at my dance class named Brennan and I hate the name.

Brennan, the name of one of the best people I have ever met in my entire life. It is such a unique name, and is a brilliant one.

Really like Brennan for a boy's name. Just doesn't fit a girl. Best to go with Bree or Breanna.

This is a great alternative to the overused Brandon or Brendan, and I prefer it to those, but on a girl I prefer Brenna or Brynn.

I like it very much, and find it much better sounding than the harsher Brendan and Brandon. I don't like it for girls at all, though; Brenna is a better sounding name for a girl.

I like this name for either gender! My fiancé and I are considering naming our future baby Brennan Hollis (Hollis is his middle name as well) for a boy or girl.

A beautiful name with a sad but poetic meaning. So romantic and sexy.

I named my son Brennan (middle name William) when he was born in 2000. It was really the only boy's name I ever wanted. The meanings include "raven-haired" and "little prince" and it has always fit him to a tee. Some other great things about it are it's unusual without being weird, it sounds good for any age, and it"s strong and masculine yet somehow soft also. I've always thought of it as kind of a mixture of Brandon and Shannon. It also doesn't rhyme with anything weird and my son has always been the only Brennan in his school, although we've crossed paths with maybe 3 other Brennans (baseball game, doctor's office and a restaurant) - all boys, by the way. I prefer traditional spellings for names, so we went with the most traditional spelling - Brennan. The only drawback is that the only place we can get things with his name on them (without special ordering) is at an Irish store! Brennan was thrilled when we went to an Irish-themed store and they had tons of things with his name on them - lol! The only other thing is that people sometimes think his name is Brendan. But I really, really love that there aren't a bunch of other kids in his school with the name Brennan. I think that's one of the hardest things about picking a name. You want a great name for your child, but you don't want him to be one of 5 kids in the class named Alex (I LOVE the name Alex!). And spelling a name differently doesn't make a name more unusual either -in my opinion. After all, we don't go around wearing name tags - when the teacher calls a child's name in class, Ashleigh might as well be Ashley. I had a friend in college named Kelley who hated that her name wasn't just spelled Kelly. She said that extra E her parents added to make her name a bit different caused her nothing but aggravation because people always misspelled it. So picking a great name that isn't weird but is still a bit unusual (not just unusually spelled) is not easy. Brennan was it for us and I highly recommend it.

Though this name is masculine, it doesn't sound very masculine to me. I prefer it as a girls name. I actually have a friend named Brennan who's a girl and she loves her name.

I only know one Brennan, a girl, so I think this is a lovely girl name, but an okay boy name.

I don't know why, as I usually abhor surname-names, but I LOVE this name. It's just got a lovely strong ring to it, and while it's different enough to be notable, it's also easy to pronounce and spell. I love the meaning, too: I've always been drawn to names with melancholy meanings.

This is a great name with a cool sound and everything, but since it sounds a tad surname-y as a first name, I'd rather use it as a middle name. It sounds better in that position somehow.

Nice name. My friend's nephew has this name and at first I thought it was weird because it's her mother's maiden name and I thought they just used that but the more I say it the more I like it.

Brennan sounds like a rugged, handsome name. The name I had thought of was Joel Brennan.

I love the name Brennan! My nephew was named it and he is the cutest little boy and a strong one as well. He is quite a warrior. His is spelled B-r-e-n-n-e-n which I like better. I would encourage anyone whose thinking of Brennen as the name of their baby boy to go for it.