Name
editThe username BrendanBlendan is a combination of two lexemes: Brendan and Blendan.
 Breandán in a Gaelic type | |
| Pronunciation | BREN-dan |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Irish |
| Word/name | Breandán |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | Brandon, Breanndán, Brénainn, Brendanus, Brendon |
| See also | Brenda, Brennan |
Brendan is an Irish masculine given name in the English language. It is derived from the Gaelic name Breandán, which is in turn derived from the earlier Old Irish Brénainn. The Old Welsh breenhin is the root of the name, meaning prince or king. The mediaeval Latin form of the name, Brendanus, has also influenced the modern English and Irish forms.
Blendan is a word play connoting to the English noun Blender. The noun has been modified so that it rhymes with the first lexeme Brendan.
From Middle English blenden, either from Old English, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti, “to go astray”).