Origin of the name Bradford: Transferred use of the surname arising from English place-names composed of the Old English elements brad (broad) and ford (a ford, a place to cross a river). Short: Brad.
Braddock Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone living by a notable broad oak, from Old English brad 'broad' + ac 'oak', or a habitational name from a minor place so named, such as Broad Oak in Symondsbury, Dorset.
This name is of English locational origin either from Bradden in Northamptonshire or from the Braddons a range of heights in South Devon. The former, recorded as Bradene in the Domesday Book of 1086 derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "brade-denu" meaning "broad valley".
Braden is a name that is popular in the United States and Canada. Its origin is confined to the British Isles and has two ancient sources. The English meaning of Braden is "broad valley". or "broad hillside". ... Bradán is derived from an Irish Gaelic word meaning "salmon".
Braden is a name that is popular in the United States and Canada. Its origin is confined to the British Isles and has two ancient sources. The English meaning of Braden is "broad valley". or "broad hillside". ... Bradán is derived from an Irish Gaelic word meaning "salmon".
Gaelic Meaning: The name Brady is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Brady is: Spirited.
Origin of the name Bradford: Transferred use of the surname arising from English place-names composed of the Old English elements brad (broad) and ford (a ford, a place to cross a river). Short: Brad.
Origin of the name Bradford: Transferred use of the surname arising from English place-names composed of the Old English elements brad (broad) and ford (a ford, a place to cross a river). Short: Brad.
Origin of the name Brady: Transferred use of the surname originating from separate derivations. It is derived from the Old English elements brad (broad) and ēage (eye): hence, “one with broad eyes.”
The word, brand, derives from its original and current meaning as a firebrand, a burning piece of wood. That word comes from the Old High German, brinnan and Old English byrnan, biernan, and brinnan via Middle English as birnan and brond.
