Given name & surname · also Celtic

Breedon

“hill”

Breedon is a surname from Proto-Celtic, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Breedon goes back to Old English dūn, meaning “hill.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Breedon comes from Proto-Celtic, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English dūn (“hill”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Breedon’s family of names

In English usage, Breedon as a surname has a related form in BREEDEN. In English usage, Breedon as a surname has a related form in BREEDEN.

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Old English

Brereton

“briar”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Brunton

“stream”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Brampton

“broom plant”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Brearton

“briar”

No U.S. birth series

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surnames · Modern

Brixton

Brixton is a masculine given name from Old English.

54UncommonRising

95% boys · 5% girls

Old English

Brassington

“enclosure; settlement”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Ecton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Old English

Sneddon

“snow”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Breedon’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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