Branton
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning bran settlement or raven settlement.
Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Branton by the numbers
Branton was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Branton. 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)
- Braxtonbadger's homestead; place name3,350 in the US (2017)
- Bransonson of Bran the raven327 in the US (2017)
- Brentonsettlement of the Britons or on a steep hill155 in the US (2017)
- Braytonbroad settlement or broad town53 in the US (2017)
- Brannondescendant of Bran, raven26 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Branton, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Branton
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