Bren [bren] as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Bren) is of Old Norse, Gaelic and Welsh derivation, and the name Bren means sword; little drop of water; raven or black-haired; hill. Bren is an alternate form of Brenda (Old Norse): related to the English word brand. Bren is also a variant of Brenna (Gaelic).
The origins of the Black Death can be traced back to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia in the 1320s. The cause of this sudden eruption of the plague is not exactly known. From the desert, it spread out in all directions. Of most importance was the spread eastward to China.
The first catastrophic epidemic of the plague during the late Middle Ages has become known as the Black Death. It apparently originated in Asia and moved westward along the trade routes, entering Europe in 1347 during a period of inadequate harvests, when the poor had little natural resistance to combat the disease.