Glorious child or slayer
In Slavic contexts, it is often a diminutive of names like Branimir, meaning 'glorious defender.' In an English context, it is a rare surname-turned-first-name derived from the Old English 'bana,' meaning 'slayer' or 'cause of ruin.'
Less common today
Bane isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,398 in 2013.
Masked supervillain and adversary of Batman · DC Comics
A centaur living in the Forbidden Forest · Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
