Given name & surname
Bradlee
“from the broad field”·“from the wide meadow”
Bradlee is a variant of Bradley. Interpretations include “from the broad field” (English) and “from the wide meadow” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bradlee is a variant of Bradley. Interpretations include “from the broad field” (English) and “from the wide meadow” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bradlee is a variant of Bradley. An origin associated with Bradley is Old English.
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. Bradlee is a variant of Bradley. The history of Bradley gives this family its wider story. Bradley’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Bradlee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,870
- 3,470 boys · 400 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 116 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,268 for boys · #10,237 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −48%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 66% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,268 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 49.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 107 in 2012. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,977 as a first name in 2020; 159 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.
Bradlee’s family of names
Bradlee has a related form in Bradley.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bradlee
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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