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alt. 1 (surname: from=Irish) 2 (given name male from=surnames) transferred from the surname. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s. n. 1 (surname: from=Irish) 2 (given name male from=surnames) transferred from the surname. Popular in the 1990s and the 2000s.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 109
Land area (2000): 3.806260 sq. miles (9.858167 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.806260 sq. miles (9.858167 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07840
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.374867 N, 89.574942 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Braden
Wikipedia
Braden may refer to:
- Braden (given name)
- Braden (surname)
- Braden, Illinois, unincorporated community, United States
- Braden, Tennessee, town in Fayette County, Tennessee, United States
- Braden, Union County, Tennessee, unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
- Braden, West Virginia, unincorporated community, United States
- Braden River, river in Florida, United States
- Braden, brand of winches owned by Paccar
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". 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 as the site of a battle in 904AD.
The Celtic surname Ó Bradáin, meaning descendant of Bradán. Bradán is derived from an Irish Gaelic word meaning " salmon". The bradán feasa is the Salmon of Wisdom in an Irish legend about Fionn MacCool.
The name has many alternate spellings, including: Bradan, Bradin, Bradun, Bradyn, Braedan, Braeden, Braedin, Braedon, Braedyn, Braidan, Braiden, Braidon, Braidun, Braidyn, Braydan, Brayden, Braydin, Braydon, Braydyn, Bradiss or Bradn (with an implied second syllable but no second vowel). Some spellings have two ds (i.e., Bradden), but maintain the same pronunciation. It is in use for both boys and girls, but is more common for boys.
Its popularity is reflected in the popularity of similar sounding names such as Aidan, Caden, Hayden, Jaden.
Braden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Braden, British television theme composer
- Alison Braden (born 1982), Canadian water polo player
- Allen Braden, American poet
- Andrew D. Braden (1916–1993), American Professor of Accountancy
- Anne Braden (1924–2006), American activist
- Bernard Braden (1916–1993), Canadian-born English actor and comedian
- Bill Braden (born 1954), Canadian politician
- Bob Braden, American computer scientist
- Carl Braden (1914–1975), American activist
- C. O. Braden, American football coach
- Dallas Braden (born 1983), American baseball player
- Dave Braden (born 1950), Canadian businessman, environmentalist and politician
- Don Braden (born 1963), American jazz saxophonist
- George Braden (born 1949), Canadian politician
- George C. Braden (1868–1942), American politician
- Glen Everton Braden (1899–1967), Canadian merchant and politician
- Gregg Braden (born 1954), American writer
- Henry Braden (1944–2013), American lawyer, lobbyist and politician
- John Braden (1949–2004), American screenwriter, film producer and actor
- John Braden (politician) (1841–1926), English-born Canadian politician
- Julie Braden (born 1982), American-born engineer
- Kai Braden (born 1988), American actor, dancer and fashion model
- Kim Braden (born 1949), English actress
- Lonnie Braden (born 1960), Master Meat Cutter, Web Developer
- Spruille Braden (1894–1978), American diplomat, businessman and lobbyist
- Thomas Braden (1917–2009), American journalist
- Thomas H. Braden (1874–?), American politician
- Vic Braden (1929–2014), American tennis player, coach and broadcaster
- William Robert Braden (1858–1922), Canadian politician
Usage examples of "braden".
Mr Braden, who was in favour of Miami over St Louis all along, pointed out that the high crime rate in Miami has prepared the local audience there for violence better than St Louis which is quite religious-oriented, as Mr Braden mentioned, whereas Miami has only a few organised religious groups, i.
James Wilcox Braden III, the forty-eighth President of the United States, and the only one ever to commit suicide in office.
The Viewing Rooms at that point had broadcast televisions and magnetic VCR-devices, instructional mag-vids from Galloway and Braden, etc.
Braden had accepted and dismissed his agents' reports without question, for of what importance was the fate of distant, mixed-blood relations when the rest of the world lay in the palm of his hand, the perfect mate shared his bed, and the Cause was his to shape and bring to triumph?
Braden came off just at the ejection port of the mower assembly, and felt tiny bits of grit and sand peppering his knees, but that, too, was not a matter of importance at the moment.
Braden, Verl, runner… Brawley, Yang, wrestler… Gigg, Devra, swimmer… Gigg, Jarvie, swimmer…"
The firm had no choice but to come after me, and if Braden Chance was in fact hiding the truth from Arthur and the executive committee, then why not play hardball?
In the town of Eight Mile, Alabama, a suburb of Mobile, a police sergeant named Ernie Braden was cutting his front lawn with a riding mower.
You were sittingin your nice office, Braden, working hard by the golden hour, shufflingpapers for your rich clients, reading memos from paralegals you sent to dothe dirty work, and you made the cold, calculated decision to proceed withan eviction you should have stopped.
You were sitting in your nice office, Braden, working hard by the golden hour, shuffling papers for your rich clients, reading memos from paralegals you sent to do the dirty work, and you made the cold, calculated decision to proceed with an eviction you should have stopped.
Braden needed or at least wanted the money that the promotion would bring, only to see the promotions go to the hotshots in Narcotics and Homicide while he slaved away& and why not take the goddamned money?
Braden recognized the signs, though he could not think what to do about it, beyond bending down to kiss the slight worry line that he sometimes spied puckering her smooth forehead.