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Brenna, what do you think?

61 replies

SpottyPython · 03/02/2019 15:44

I heard this name a few years ago and fell in love with it. What do you all think? It's not very common but it has been around a long time. I'm Irish and google says there are Irish roots for it but yet the only person I know named Brenna is a girl from England.

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Divgirl2 · 03/02/2019 22:21

I don't really like it, but pp is right about Bronagh - that's a beautiful name.

BlackType · 03/02/2019 22:05

Um, no.

southernetter · 03/02/2019 22:04

I don’t like it sorry. I don’t think it sounds nice at all

AntsMarching · 03/02/2019 22:03

I really like it and considered it for DD1, but my mother’s name is Brenda, so my husband said no to it as it would be like naming her for one grandmother and not the other.

littlebillie · 03/02/2019 21:58

I have heard Briena which I assume is the same pronunciation

AfterSchoolWorry · 03/02/2019 20:25

What about Brianna?

starzig · 03/02/2019 20:15

You may be better with Brenda. She will possibly be constantly correcting from that anyway.

JanisJoplin73 · 03/02/2019 20:14

It’s frumpy.

MyNewBearTotoro · 03/02/2019 20:12

I like it - I knew a toddler called Brenna (she would be about 7 or 8 now) and whilst I hadn’t heard it before I met her it suited her. It’s an unusual name but doesn’t feel too ‘out there’ and fairly easy to spell/ pronounce etc too.

MikeUniformMike · 03/02/2019 20:09

Not keen sorry. Bronagh is much nicer.

Sophronia · 03/02/2019 20:04

Also makes me think of Brenda.

SlimGin · 03/02/2019 20:01

Sorry also don't like it, not sure what it is exactly, as Briena (not sure on spelling) seems much nicer.

3out · 03/02/2019 19:53

I think she’d have a lifetime of:
‘what’s your name?’
‘Brenna’
‘Brenda’
‘No. Brenna’.

Babyboysarenowbig · 03/02/2019 19:50

Don’t like it at all

Cosmoa · 03/02/2019 19:36

I don't think the Brenda confusion would be a problem, as you wouldn't expect to hear of a Brenda these days. Plus it's said differently.

Hidingtonothing · 03/02/2019 19:34

I really like it but do think you'll get sick of saying 'no, not Brenda...' which would put me off, sorry OP.

ShadyLady53 · 03/02/2019 19:29

Not keen because it reminds me of Henna and Senna...

I actually knew an American girl called Brenna at school.

Aprilshowersarecomingsoon · 03/02/2019 19:28

Bren from Dinnerladies!!

StalePrincessofBelAir · 03/02/2019 19:26

I'm not a fan, but it's perfectly normal and would grow on people when they got to know the person attached to the name.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 03/02/2019 19:24

Terrible.

Cbeebiesrehab · 03/02/2019 19:07

I feels a bit ‘Game of Thrones’ to me. I don’t dislike it but I think you’ll be saying ‘No Brenna, not Brenda’ a lot.

DramaAlpaca · 03/02/2019 19:01

I quite like it, but the danger is that it would be misheard as Brenda, which has to be one of the dreariest names ever.

Cosmoa · 03/02/2019 18:58

I absolutely love it! Really shocked it's not more liked!

Butterfly84 · 03/02/2019 18:56

Not my cup of tea at all.

TheQuickBrownFox66 · 03/02/2019 18:55

Sorry. It's really not very nice. It reminds of Brenda, which is not a great name either (sorry any Brenda's out there).

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