Brendan Forename
6,861st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 152,939 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland
Brendan Forename Definition:
A male name. Celtic Breanainn, the name of a 6th-C Irish saint, occasionally used in recent times.
Brendan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 47,390 | 1:7,650 | 921 |
| Ireland | 100% | 30,218 | 1:154 | 24 |
| Australia | - | 24,270 | 1:563 | 130 |
| England | 100% | 16,498 | 1:3,370 | 453 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,092 | 1:4,672 | 737 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5,494 | 1:335 | 77 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,199 | 1:10,489 | 1,782 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,388 | 1:1,339 | 308 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,146 | 1:56,441 | 3,945 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,579 | 1:3,388 | 387 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Thailand | 100% | 702 | 1:99,809 | 8,463 |
| Wales | 100% | 494 | 1:6,264 | 659 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 461 | 1:36,664 | 2,809 |
| France | 100% | 419 | 1:158,640 | 2,861 |
| Kenya | 100% | 350 | 1:132,306 | 6,257 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 347 | 1:23,494 | 2,332 |
| Philippines | 96% | 326 | 1:325,182 | 12,401 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 324 | 1:93,981 | 6,708 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 246 | 1:87,848 | 4,804 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 244 | 1:29,311 | 2,863 |
| India | 100% | 243 | 1:4,999,498 | 191,159 |
| Poland | 100% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Fiji | - | 230 | 1:3,880 | 1,022 |
| Germany | 100% | 180 | 1:537,099 | 5,505 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Singapore | 100% | 166 | 1:37,874 | 6,524 |
| Japan | - | 146 | 1:876,617 | 14,235 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Brazil | 100% | 132 | 1:1,623,001 | 36,596 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| Namibia | - | 113 | 1:21,276 | 1,911 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 112 | 1:137,713 | 9,211 |
| Qatar | 100% | 102 | 1:23,231 | 3,339 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| China | - | 89 | 1:15,348,941 | 60,042 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 75 | 1:18,152 | 2,252 |
| Hong Kong | - | 72 | 1:107,677 | 2,856 |
| Spain | 100% | 72 | 1:646,250 | 7,185 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 69 | 1:119,036 | 3,478 |
| Belgium | 100% | 68 | 1:168,971 | 4,498 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 68 | 1:153,401 | 6,921 |
| Russia | 100% | 66 | 1:2,185,359 | 14,310 |
| Sweden | 100% | 66 | 1:149,362 | 5,748 |
| Jersey | 100% | 65 | 1:1,538 | 313 |
| Malta | - | 57 | 1:7,533 | 851 |
| Botswana | 100% | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Bahamas | - | 46 | 1:8,682 | 1,112 |
| Indonesia | - | 45 | 1:5,732,526 | 217,519 |
| Norway | 100% | 45 | 1:114,052 | 3,524 |
| Guernsey | - | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Italy | 100% | 42 | 1:1,453,859 | 11,279 |
| Zambia | - | 37 | 1:428,508 | 10,596 |
| Estonia | 100% | 34 | 1:38,688 | 2,486 |
| Uganda | 90% | 32 | 1:1,279,904 | 20,143 |
| Denmark | - | 30 | 1:188,317 | 4,268 |
| South Korea | - | 28 | 1:198,015 | 7,592 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 25 | 1:2,111,533 | 22,092 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 20 | 1:8,891 | 1,267 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Ecuador | - | 17 | 1:1,042,760 | 8,001 |
| Austria | 100% | 15 | 1:567,613 | 5,057 |
| New Caledonia | - | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Finland | 79% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Mexico | 100% | 12 | 1:10,345,369 | 31,278 |
| Hungary | - | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Pakistan | 97% | 11 | 1:17,668,880 | 95,124 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 9 | 1:64,551 | 3,816 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Chile | 100% | 8 | 1:2,200,901 | 14,453 |
| Colombia | 100% | 7 | 1:6,825,561 | 33,843 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Isle of Man | - | 7 | 1:12,146 | 242 |
| Israel | 100% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 7 | 1:3,395,669 | 64,613 |
| Afghanistan | - | 6 | 1:5,437,253 | 29,511 |
| Czechia | - | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nicaragua | - | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | - | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
The alternate forms: Brendán (3) are calculated separately.
Brendan (1,239) may also be a surname.
Brendan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Celtic Breanainn, the name of a 6th-C Irish saint, occasionally used in recent times.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: A flame.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Brendan Forename Popularity
Brendan Demographics
Brendan Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 6,858 (2014)
United States
Average
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Brendan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Brendan in the Russian language | ||
| Брендан | brendan | - |
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