Frequency: (252)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin ‘descendant of Bran’ (see Byrne).
GIVEN NAMES: Irish 11%. Ciaran, Declan, Maeve, Ronan.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
