What is the origin of the name O'Brien?
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briain ‘descendant of Brian’ a personal name probably based on the element bre- ‘hill’ with the transferred sense ‘eminence’ i.e. ‘exalted one’. See also Bryan [...]
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What is the origin of the name O'Brien?
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briain ‘descendant of Brian’ a personal name probably based on the element bre- ‘hill’ with the transferred sense ‘eminence’ i.e. ‘exalted one’. See also Bryan [...]