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 904 AD.
The Irish Gaelic surname is Ó Bradáin, meaning "descendant of Bradán".
[3] The bradán feasa is the Salmon of Wisdom in an Irish legend about Fionn MacCool.
[4] "Bradán", meaning salmon, is one of the Irish words suggested to be of pre-Indo-European origin.
The name has many alternate spellings, including: Bradan, Bradin, Bradun, Bradyn, Braedan, Braeden, Braedin, Braedon, Braedyn, Breadan, Breaden, Braidan, Braiden, Braidon, Braidun, Braidyn, Braydan, Brayden, Braydin, Braydon, or Braydyn.