First name origin & meaning: Old English: Broad meadow First name variations: Brad, Bradford, Braid, Braddlea, Braddlee, Braddleigh, Braddli, Braddlie, Braddly, Bradleigh, Bradlie, Braddley, Bradlay, Bradley Last name origin & meaning: Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Brádaigh
‘descendant of Brádach’, a byname the meaning of which is
not clear. It is unlikely to be connected with Gaelic bradach
‘thieving’, ‘dishonest’, which has a short first vowel.
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