as a Last Name
- 3,696
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Bresnahan
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Brosnacháin ‘descendant of Brosnachán’, a personal name derived from Brosna, name of a town and river in County Kerry.
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,696
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Bresnahan per capita
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