English Explanatory Dictionary

Bresnahan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.

Word forms

Bresnahan Bresnahans Brosnan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brosnacháin (“descendant of Brosnachán”), a personal name derived from Brosna, the name of a town and a river in County Kerry.

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