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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". The name has a strong Saxon origin and is most commonly found in the English county of Sussex. Additionally, there is a Braden ( Braydon) Forest in Wiltshire, now mostly cut down, but it was mentioned in the ''

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the ninth century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of ...

'' as the site of a battle in 904 AD. The Irish Gaelic surname is ''Ó Bradáin'', meaning "descendant of Bradán". Bradán is an ancient

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic ( ), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European language family. It is a member of the Goidelic languages of the Insular Celtic sub branch of the family and is indigenous ...

word meaning "

salmon Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ...

". The ''bradán feasa'' is the

Salmon of Wisdom The Salmon of Knowledge () is a creature in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, sometimes identified with Fintan mac Bóchra, who was known as "The Wise" and was once transformed into a salmon. Fenian Cycle The Salmon story figures prominentl ...

in an Irish legend about

Fionn MacCool Fionn mac Cumhaill, often anglicised Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish mythology, Scottish and Manx folklore. He is the leader of the ''Fianna'' bands of young roving Kóryos, hunter-warriors, ...

.Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). ''Baby Name Bible''. St. Martin's Griffin. . "Bradán", meaning salmon, is one of the Irish words suggested to be of pre-Indo-European origin. The name has many alternate spellings, including: Bradan, Bradin, Bradun, Bradyn, Braedan, Braeden, Braedin, Braedon, Braedyn, Breadan, Breaden, Braidan, Braiden, Braidon, Braidun, Braidyn, Braydan, Brayden, Braydin, Braydon, or Braydyn. Some spellings have two d's (e.g. Bradden) but maintain the same pronunciation. It is in use for both boys and girls, but is more common for boys.

Notable people with the given name "Braden" include

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Braden Allenby Braden R. Allenby (born 1950) is an American environmental scientist, environmental attorney and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and of Law, at Arizona State University. Biography Allenby was born in Highland Park, Illino ...

(born 1950), American scientist *

Braeden Anderson K. Braeden Anderson is a lawyer and former college basketball player. He played for the Seton Hall Pirates where he won the Big East Conference Championship with the team in 2016. Anderson made headlines in college for playing Division I basketb ...

(born 1992), American basketball player

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* Braden Barty (born 1970), American film producer * Braden Beck (born 1944), American football player * Braden Birch (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player *

Braden Bishop Braden Adam Bishop (born August 22, 1993) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners. He was drafted by the Mariners in the 3rd round of the 2015 Major League Basebal ...

(born 1992), American baseball player * Braden Bristo (born 1994), American baseball player

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* Braden Calvert (born 1995), Canadian curler *

Braeden Campbell Braeden Campbell (born 4 February 2002) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 5th draft pick in the 2020 AFL draft. after the Swa ...

(born 2002), Australian rules footballer *

Braeden Cloutier Braeden Cloutier (born October 3, 1974) is an American soccer coach and former player who is the former head coach of Orange County SC. As a player, he spent five seasons in Major Soccer League and over twelve in various indoor leagues. Early ...

(born 1974), American soccer coach * Braden Currie (born 1986), New Zealand triathlete

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Braeden Daniels Braeden Edward Daniels (; born August 22, 2000) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah Utes and was selected by the Washington Co ...

(born 2000), American football player * Braden Danner (born 1975), American actor * Braden Davy (born 1992), Scottish politician

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Braden Eves Braden Eves (born May 3, 1999) is an American racing driver. He currently competes in the USF Pro 2000 Championship driving for Exclusive Autosport. He previously drove for Jay Howard Driver Development. Career USF Pro 2000 Championship Ev ...

(born 1999), American racing driver

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Braden Fiske Braden Fiske (born January 18, 2000) is an American professional football defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Western Michigan Broncos and Florida State Seminoles. Care ...

(born 2000), American football player

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* Braden Gellenthien (born 1986), American archer

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* Braden Hamlin-Uele (born 1995), New Zealand rugby league footballer *

Braden Holtby Braden Holtby (born September 16, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He previously played for the Washington Capitals, Vancouver Canucks and Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the fourth roun ...

(born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player * Braden Huff (born 2005), American basketball player *

Braden Hunt Braden Hunt is an American voice actor who dubbed roles in Japanese anime for ADV Films. Roles * '' The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok'' as Bandit 2 (ep. 8) * '' Diamond Daydreams'' as Tezuka * ''Full Metal Panic!'' as Shirai Satoru (ep 8) ...

, American voice actor

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Braden King Braden King (born 1971, North Carolina) is a New York–based filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. His feature film, ''Here'' (2011), starring Ben Foster and Lubna Azabal, premiered at the 2011 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals and was di ...

(born 1971), American filmmaker

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* Braden Layer (born 1989), American football coach *

Braeden Lemasters Braeden Matthew Lemasters (born January 27, 1996) is an American musician and actor. He began his career as a child actor, receiving recognition for his role as Albert Tranelli in the TNT comedy-drama series ''Men of a Certain Age'' (2009–2011 ...

(born 1996), American actor, musician and singer *

Braden Looper Braden LaVerne Looper (born October 28, 1974) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for several teams between 1998 and 2009. High school Looper was a scholar athlete while a student at Mangum High School in Mangum, Oklah ...

(born 1974), American baseball player

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Braden Mann Braden Mann (born November 24, 1997) is an American professional football punter for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies. During his junior season, he received unan ...

(born 1997), American football player * Braden Mclean (born 1991), Canadian volleyball player * Braiden McGregor (born 2001), American football player *

Braden Montgomery Braden Abraham Montgomery (born April 16, 2003) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Chicago White Sox organization. The Boston Red Sox selected him in the first round of the 2024 MLB draft. He previously played college baseball ...

(born 2003), American baseball player *

Braeden Moskowy Braeden Moskowy (born August 14, 1990) is a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. He is a former Canadian junior curling champion and a six-time Brier competitor. Career Moskowy has represented Saskatchewan in two Canadian Junior Curling ...

(born 1990), Canadian curler

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* Braeden Ogle (born 1997), American baseball player

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* Braden Schneider (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player * Braden Schram (born 1992), Canadian football player * Braden Shewmake (born 1997), American baseball player * Braden Shipley (born 1992), American baseball player * Braden Smith (born 1996), American football player *

Braden Smith (basketball) Braden Smith (born July 25, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference. Early life and high school career Smith was born in Russellville, Arkansas and moved with his family to Westfield, ...

(born 2003), American basketball player * Braeden Sorbo (born 2001), American actor * Braden Stewart (born 1996), New Zealand rugby union footballer *

Bradyn Swinson Bradyn Swinson (born July 4, 2002) is an American professional football defensive end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers and Oregon Ducks. Swinson was selected by the ...

, American football player

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Braden Thornberry William Braden Thornberry (born April 11, 1997) is an American professional golfer noted for his amateur success. He won the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship individual title and was a member of the victorious U.S. teams at the 2017 ...

(born 1997), American golfer * Braeden Troyer (born 1993), American soccer player

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* Braden Webb (born 1995), American baseball player * Braden Wilson (born 1989), American football player

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