Brennus as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Brennus

What is the meaning of the name Brennus ?

The baby name Brennus is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BREN-us (IPA: /ˈbrɛnəs/).

Brennus is Celtic in Origin.

Brennus is the Latinized form of Gaulish Brennos, a Celtic name borne by at least two famed chieftains recorded by classical authors: the leader of the Senones who captured Rome around 390 BCE - remembered for the phrase “vae victis” - and the commander of the 279 BCE expedition against Delphi. Antiquarian interest in the Celts revived the name in the 18th–19th centuries; today it survives in Romance adaptations such as Italian Brenno and Portuguese Breno, and appears sporadically in France and the English-speaking world. Short form Bren is sometimes used.

Meaning is debated. Some scholars compare Brennus with Proto-Celtic bran- “raven” (cf. Welsh brân, Irish Bran), yielding a sense of “raven-like” or “crow.” Others view it as a title-name for a leader, loosely “chief/king,” though the Welsh word for “king,” brenin, is from a separate root and the link may be folk etymology. Variant: Brennos.