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Meaning & Origins
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the numerous places in England so called from Old English brād ‘broad’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’. The most famous American bearer of this surname was General Omar N. Bradley (1893–1981). As a given name it used to be found mainly in North America but of late has come into fashion in Britain.
| 268th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Scottish and English: from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or darkhaired man.
| 159th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bradly, Bradlee, Bradely, Bradle, Bradwell, Bradlie, Bradlay, Braddley, Bradleye, Bradlea
Blackwell, Blackburn, Blake, Blackmon, Blackman, Block, Blackwood, Blackford, Blackstone, Blackmore
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