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Braden is a name popular in the United States and Canada in recent years. Its origin is confined to the British Isles and has two ancient sources. The Celtic surname Ó Bradáin meaning descendant of Bradán. Bradán is derived from an Irish Gaelic word meaning salmon. The bradán feasa is the Salmon of Wisdom in an Irish legend about Fionn MacCool.Also the name has a strong Saxon origin and is most commonly found in the English county of Sussex.