Bresnahan
English
Alternative forms
- 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.
Proper noun
Bresnahan (plural Bresnahans)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bresnahan is the 8975th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3646 individuals. Bresnahan is most common among White (95.23%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bresnahan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224.