Braden


Gender:
Origin: English
44 famous people named Braden found on Wikipedia.
44497 male, 273 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 578-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 133-th in year 2005
Used in: English, Irish

Meanings

Braden is a name that is popular in the United States and Canada. Its origin is confined to the British Isles and has two ancient sources.
The English meaning of Braden is "broad valley". or "broad hillside". The name has a strong Saxon origin and is most commonly found in the English county of Sussex. Additionally, there is a Braden (Braydon) Forest in Wiltshire, now mostly cut down, but it was mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as the site of a battle in 904AD.
The Gaelic Irish surname Ó Bradáin, meaning descendant of Bradán. Bradán is derived from an Irish Gaelic word meaning "salmon". The bradán feasa is the Salmon of Wisdom in an Irish legend about Fionn MacCool.
The name has many alternate spellings, including: Braden, Bradan, Bradin, Bradun, Bradyn, Braedan, Braeden, Braedin, Braedon, Braedyn, Braidan, Braiden, Braidon, Braidun, Braidyn, Braydan, Brayden, Braydin, Braydon, Braydyn, Bradiss or Bradn (with an implied second syllable but no second vowel). Some spellings have two ds (i.e., Bradden), but maintain the same pronunciation. It is in use for both boys and girls, but is more common for boys.
Its popularity is reflected in the popularity of similar-sounding names such as Aidan, Caden, Hayden, Jaden.


Derived from O Bradain, means: descendant of Bradan. Transferred use of the English surname: from Bradden, a dweller near the broad valley; broad hillside.

Famous People: 44 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Dallas Braden 1983 American professional baseball pitcher
2 Braden Holtby 1989 Canadian ice hockey goaltender
3 Gregg Braden
4 Kim Braden 1949 British actress
5 Anne Braden 1924 American activist
6 Braden Shipley 1992 American baseball player
7 Bernard Braden 1916 British actor
8 Thomas Braden 1917 American journalist
9 Braden Looper 1974 Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball
10 Braden Barty 1970 American film producer
11 Vic Braden 1929 American tennis player
12 Spruille Braden 1894 American diplomat
13 Carl Braden 1914 American activist
14 Braden Allenby 1950 American environmental scientist, environmental attorney, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
15 Don Braden 1963 American musician
16 Braden Danner 1975 American actor, writer, director and producer
17 Bob Braden American computer scientist
18 Kai Braden 1988 American actor, dancer and model
19 Braden Wilson 1989 American football player
20 Susan G. Braden 1948 American judge
21 George C. Braden 1868 American politician
22 Henry Braden 1944 Louisiana lawyer, lobbyist, and legislator
23 Charles S. Braden 1887 American professor of religious studies
24 George Braden 1949 Canadian politician
25 Alan Braden English composer
26 Braden Hunt American actor
27 Braden King 1971 American photographer and filmmaker
28 Braden Gellenthien 1986 American archer
29 Braden Birch 1989 Finnish ice hockey defenceman
30 Bill Braden 1954 Canadian politician
31 Allen Braden American writer
32 Andrew D. Braden 1916 American economist
33 Braden Mclean 1991
34 Thomas H. Braden 1874 American politician
35 Glen Everton Braden 1899 Canadian politician
36 Alison Braden 1982 Canadian water polo player
37 David Braden 1917
38 Braden Walls 1985 Canadian ice hockey player
39 William Robert Braden Canadian politician
40 C. O. Braden 1891 American football coach
41 Braden Calvert 1995
42 Braden Lamb American penciller
43 William Braden 1871
44 John Braden 1949 American actor, writer and director