From Brendanus , the Latinized form of the Irish name Bréanainn , which was derived from a Welsh word meaning "prince". Saint Brendan was a 6th- century Irish abbot who, according to legend, crossed the Atlantic and reached North America with 17 other monks.
We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.