Meaning: Prince, brave, sword
Origin: Irish/French
Gender: Boy
Rank in Ireland: #41
Total births: 11,413
History: Brendan honours St. Brendan the Navigator from County Kerry, the 6th-century monk whose legendary Atlantic voyage may have reached North America centuries before Columbus. The Navigatio Sancti Brendani was one of medieval Europe's most popular texts. Brendan Behan, the brilliant and rebellious Dublin writer, gave the name literary fame with The Quare Fellow and Borstal Boy. Mount Brandon on the Dingle Peninsula is named for the saint.
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