Comments for the name Brenna

This name makes me think of a brown rabbit. I don't know why.

The name comes from Wales (Welsh) and was eventually spread to Ireland.

This is the prettiest name. It just kind of rolls off your tongue, and I picture an adorable little girl with dark curly hair and blue eyes.

This was the name of a contestant from "American Idol: Season 5", Brenna Gethers. She was a horrid cow, in my opinion, and I was relieved that she did not qualify for the top 12 in the competition. Ms. Gethers sort of ruined this otherwise lovely name for me, which is a shame.

I love this name. It is a very pretty name that you could easily grow up with.

Brenna is Gaelic for "Lovely One".

This is my name. I like the fact that my parents picked it out for me because it's not that common, it's easy to spell and pronounce (for most people, anyway), and it's a name that ages well. When people meet me for the first time, they either say "Oh wow, that is a beautiful name" or "I've never heard of that before." I admit that I'm getting annoyed at the fact that it's becoming trendy, possibly due to that Brenna from American Idol. Ugh. If anyone wants to name their children this, get used to them being called "Brenda," "Breena," and "Breanna" a LOT. It's been like that since I was born, and it's pretty annoying.

A famous bearer of this name is Brenna Dilley, who, along with her brothers and sister, form the first surviving set of sextuplets in America.

I love this name. I think it's beautiful and would love to name my daughter Brenna someday.

Brenna is an old Norse name, meaning 'burning' or 'torch'. My young neice was, unfortunately, named Lokabrenna by her parents. It's a lovely name, really, just super rare. Unheard of, really. It's the Norse name for Sirius and means "burning done by Loki" or "Loki's torch". She was nearly named Lokasenna after the myth, and Lokabrenna kinda came around from there. Of course, she goes by the lovely nickname of "BRENNA".

I have to agree that the name Brenna is getting a bit overused, but, hell, there might be only one or two Lokabrennas in the world, so give the kid a break! :)

This name is AWESOME! I love it. Nice combinations would be Brenna Marie, Brenna Rose, and Brenna Mae.

I love this name. At first I wasn't wild about it, but my friend Caitlin used it in her novel and I fell in love with the character and, subsequently, the name. Though I know it's nowhere related to Brian, I would use it as an alternative if Brian ended up a girl LOL.

This name means "fire" in Icelandic, "dark" in Celtic, and "raven" or "raven-haired" in Welsh.

I love this name but that's because it's mine. I don't know anyone with this name and I think it's easy to pronounce. But many people pronounce it "Breena" or "Breanna" or even "Brennan" and sometimes "Brenna'. So now I have people call me by my last name. But I think it is a beautiful name and not just because it's mine.

Brenna Rose Dilley is the oldest of the Dilley sixtuplets, born on May 25, 1993, America's first set of sixtuplets.

It's ironic that Brenna can be a version of Brenda, which means "sword," which gives a connotation of strength. That's actually what I perceived the name to mean when it grew on me.

I prefer this name to Brenda, this sounds much softer and more pleasant somehow, whereas Brenda makes me think of nasty girls and women for some reason. Like Brenda, however, this name sounds like it should be used for girls with dark, straight hair, blue or green eyes, and pale skin. I also vaguely remember the black singer Brenna from American Idol, and I really don't think this name suits black people, or any tanned-looking people. It's a pale person name, ha ha.

I like the name Brenna. And Brenna from "American Idol" did fit her name - the color doesn't make the name, it's the person. Your comment, slight_night_shiver, puzzles me.

I love my name. I'm a "Brenna Mae" (thank you to the one who said it would make a good combination! I think so too!)

I've heard people say it means "Raven haired maiden", "Pure", also "little drop of water" or "little stream". "Little Raven" or "Raven Beauty", also.

Incidentally, I have curly brown hair (my parents named me well!) I completely agree with the pale skin view. I have extremely pale skin, and very dark curly hair (I'm somewhat Italian looking, actually). Everyone is always saying how much of a "Brenna" I look. =)

Hate this. Sounds like a little kid saying "Brenda".

This is also a feminine form of the Latinised Celtic name Brennus.

The name Brenna is of Irish origin, and can be translated as "little raven" or "raven-haired beauty".

I loved this name so much when i found it in a baby name book when I was pregnant with our son (20 yrs ago) when our daughter was born 19 years ago we named her Brenna Colette. My husband and I loved how different it was and still is. The bonus is our daughter really likes her name too and she is dark haired and beautiful! I have met only 2 Brennas in the past 19 years. It is a beautiful name and I am so happy we named our daughter Brenna.