Given name & surname
Bradd
“one who has broad shoulders”
Bradd is a variant of Brad. One English interpretation is “one who has broad shoulders.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bradd is a variant of Brad. One English interpretation is “one who has broad shoulders.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bradd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 653
- 653 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 588 as a first name in 2020; 299 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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