# Byrne

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #15,356

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A male given name derived from the surname.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin (“descendant of Bran”), a personal name based on bran (“raven”).

## Easily confused with
- **byte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/byrne-vs-byte)
- **Byron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/byrne-vs-byron)
- **Byrnes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/byrne-vs-byrnes)
- **bye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bye-vs-byrne)
- **born** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/born-vs-byrne)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burn-vs-byrne)
- **bone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bone-vs-byrne)
- **bare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bare-vs-byrne)
- **barn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barn-vs-byrne)
- **bore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bore-vs-byrne)
- **bane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bane-vs-byrne)
- **Bern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bern-vs-byrne)
- **bree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bree-vs-byrne)
- **brie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brie-vs-byrne)
- **bene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bene-vs-byrne)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burns-vs-byrne)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burnt-vs-byrne)
- **burke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burke-vs-byrne)
- **borne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/borne-vs-byrne)
- **barge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barge-vs-byrne)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbyrne`, `bryne`, `bynre`, `byren`, `byrnne`, `byrrne`, `byyrne`, `ybrne`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/byrne