Bradon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bradon by the numbers

Bradon was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 104 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Bradon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bradon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
  • Bradenbroad valley; form of Bradley505 in the US (2017)
  • Braydonbroad hill; modern spelling of Braden338 in the US (2017)
  • Bradynbroad valley; a modern spelling of Braden109 in the US (2017)
  • Braedonbroad hill; a modern respelling of Braden38 in the US (2017)
  • Brydonbroad hill or valley dwelling14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Bradon

Names that are said the same way as Bradon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
  • Braidenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden192 in the US (2017)
  • Bradansalmon13 in the US (2017)
  • Braydan25 in the US (2017)
  • Braidyn24 in the US (2017)
  • Braydin23 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bradon

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