I hope someone will be able to help me with this, and I would be grateful. I've been researching how to write names in Ogham and can't quite figure it out. I want to get my wife's name tattooed on me in the script, but can't tell how it's written. Her name is Brenna. I understand that it's derivative of Brennan, but obviously I don't want Brennan tattooed on my arm. Haha! So, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, I am just on my way out the door right now but I'll have a look at it as soon as I get back tonight (if no one answers in the meantime, of course.)

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

You'll need to clarify whether you want the name translated (ie into Irish) and then transliterated (into Ogham), or just transliterated directly as the English name.

Plus, you'll need to be careful when using supermarket self-checkouts in future....

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A language belongs to its native speakers, and when you speak it, you are a guest in their homes.
If you are not a good guest, you have no right to complain about receiving poor hospitality.

, one question though, shouldn't ogham be written from right to left?

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Please wait for corrections/ more input from other forum members before acting on advice

Apparently not:

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Ogham...the original bar code!

Redwolf

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Thank you for the help so far! I was interested in it being translated to Irish, and then into Ogham, but have no idea how that works. Any further help would be magnificent.

"Brenna" isn't an Irish name (contrary to what some baby name sites would have you believe, it's not a feminine form of "Brendan," which is actually "Breandán" (BRAN-dahn) in Irish, and doesn't have a feminine form), and thus doesn't have a special Irish written form. As Ogham is phonetic in any case, best to just leave it as it is.

"Brenna" is most likely a variant of "Brenda," which is of Norse origin.

Redwolf