Breydon
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.
Breydon by the numbers
Breydon was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 43 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Breydon
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 Breydon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Braydonbroad hill; modern spelling of Braden338 in the US (2017)
- Brendonprince; a masculine form of brenda114 in the US (2017)
- Breydenbroad valley; respelling of Braden or Brayden33 in the US (2017)
- Brydonbroad hill or valley dwelling14 in the US (2017)
- Breyson17 in the US (2017)
- Breyon13 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Breydon
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