Brychan
From Welsh brych, "speckled, freckled", with a diminutive ending: roughly "the speckled one".
Meaning and origin
Brychan is an Old Welsh personal name, carried by a semi-legendary ruler credited with founding the kingdom of Brycheiniog in what is now Powys and Breconshire, in south-east Wales, a region whose name still echoes his.
How to pronounce Brychan
| Welsh (United Kingdom) | BRUCH-an /ˈbrəxan/ |
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