Brogen
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Brogen by the numbers
Brogen was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Brogen
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 Brogen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Broganheavy work shoe; a sturdy shoe131 in the US (2017)
- Broden39 in the US (2017)
- Bowenson of Owen129 in England and Wales (2025)
- Brycenspeckled or freckled; modern respelling of Bryce601 in the US (2017)
- Bradenbroad valley; form of Bradley505 in the US (2017)
- Brysenson of Brice; descendant of the speckled one; modern respelling of Bryson260 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Brogen
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