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Bracken

in Pennsylvania

There are 653 people with the last name "Bracken" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

NameRank
Bracken 1,865
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  1. is 1,861st most common Rinehart
  2. is 1,862nd most common Ulmer
  3. is 1,863rd most common Sheetz
  4. is 1,864th most common Bianco
  5. is 1,865th most common Bracken
  6. is 1,866th most common Palermo
  7. is 1,867th most common Padilla
  8. is 1,868th most common Wesley
  9. is 1,869th most common Hackman

Similar Names and Nicknames

Brackett, Bracey, Brace, Bracy, Brack, Brackin, Bracewell, Bracamonte, Briceno, Brach

Most Common First Names for Bracken

William, James, John, David, Barbara, Mary, Robert, Joseph, Patricia, Charles

Meaning & History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breacáin ‘descendant of Breacán’, a personal name from a diminutive of breac ‘speckled’, ‘spotted’, which was borne by a 6th-century saint who lived at Ballyconnel, County Cavan, and was famous as a healer; St. Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin is named in his honor.

English: topographic name from Middle English braken ‘bracken’ (from Old English bræcen or Old Norse brakni), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Bracken in East Yorkshire or Bracon Ash in Norfolk.

German: especially in the north, probably a topographic name from Middle Low German brake ‘brushwood’, ‘fallow land’, ‘copse’, an element of many field and place names.

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