Brenden

Where Brenden comes from

A variant spelling of Brendan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Brenden
  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #2,969 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Brenden Morrow born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  3. 1999
    Peak, #242
    1,316 babies named Brenden — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2000
    Brenden Aaronson born
    American soccer player
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #463.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish, of occasional usage, variant of Brendan.
Namesakes
  • Brenden Aaronson · American soccer player, born 2000
  • Brenden Morrow · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1979
  • Brenden Dillon · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1990
  • Brenden Bissett · Canadian field hockey player, born 1993
  • Brenden Kichton · Canadian ice hockey defenceman, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.