Byrne

Where Byrne comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a personal name based on bran (“raven”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Byrne
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    Debut at its peak, #2,651
    #2,651 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1915
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name derived from the surname.
Namesakes

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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.