Where does the name 'Breen' come from?

[Dale Sams]

Is it from the protagonist of Heinlein's short story, "The Year of the Jackpot", named Potiphar Breen?

 

[Timo]

This guy:

http://www.eefvanbreen.com/

Scroll down to "U".

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Really? The Breen were first mentioned in 1990, when Eef Van Breen was 12. How precocious of him to have a species named after him at such a young age!

 

[Timo]

Really?

Well, no.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Epsilon IX]

The Breen were first mentioned in 1990

^So it rules out the possibility that their name is a reference to the woman's surname in thic clip, which is from a satyrical comedy from 1994: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07sWzYObnk

 

[Dart]

I know a lot of Breens. Google says it is a Anglicization of the Irish name O Briain.

 

[dub]

I always thought the name was stolen from B5.