Name: Bradley
Gender: Male
Usage: Bradley, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Bradley are in general originating from Barbados, Belgium, France, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Bradley is: Broad wood, Meadow.
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Numerology of the first name Bradley: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 4. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: traditional, organized, self-disciplined, steady, logical, practical, helpful, reliable.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Practical, Dependable
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Bradley is ranked on the 567th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1025900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.015% of the population. The name Bradley has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Bradley for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad clearing" in Old English.
Like many English surnames Bradley can also be used as a given name and as such has become popular.
It is also an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic name O’Brolachán (also O’Brallaghan) from County Tyrone in Ireland. The family moved and spread to counties Londonderry, Donegal and Cork.
English (mainly U.S.): 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 + lēk wood or clearing. The most famous American bearer of this surname was General Omar N. Bradley (1893–1981).
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20 April 2015
I'd read somewhere that Bradley meant 'short and strong'. Wondering if you can confirm.
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