Braven

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 40 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
40
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Braven by the numbers

Braven was given to 40 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 51 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Braven

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 Braven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bradenbroad valley; form of Bradley505 in the US (2017)
  • Brazenmade of brass; bold and shameless32 in the US (2017)
  • Brave25 in the US (2017)
  • Brayen11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bralen7 in the US (2017)
  • Braxen7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Braven

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