Braedan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.
Braedan by the numbers
Braedan was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 83 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Braedan
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 Braedan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Braedenbroad hillside; a modern respelling of Braden148 in the US (2017)
- Braedynbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden77 in the US (2017)
- Braedonbroad hill; a modern respelling of Braden38 in the US (2017)
- Brandandescendant of brandan; a form of brendan19 in the US (2017)
- Bradansalmon13 in the US (2017)
- Braydan25 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Braedan
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