Bradley Forename

3,933rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 267,308 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands

Bradley Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller on the] broad meadow.

Bradley Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
207,2751:1,749352
South Africa
100%
14,6851:3,713713
England
100%
13,8191:4,024488
Australia-8,4791:1,611315
Canada
100%
8,0161:4,133681
Kenya-3,0051:15,4101,684
Thailand
100%
1,1811:59,3286,035
New Zealand-9161:4,952690
Jamaica-5361:5,379825
Papua New Guinea
98%
 
5291:15,4111,541
Namibia-5101:4,714702
Philippines
100%
4821:219,9379,451
Saudi Arabia-4661:66,1217,124
Bahamas-4571:874228
Wales
100%
4381:7,065695
Sri Lanka-4291:48,4835,248
Brazil
100%
3251:659,18819,731
Scotland
100%
3061:17,485917
Malaysia
100%
2921:104,2817,236
Ghana-2811:96,0364,158
Gabon
100%
2411:7,8151,376
Zimbabwe
100%
2331:66,1975,333
France
100%
2101:316,5254,232
Zambia-2081:76,2254,027
Poland
100%
1881:202,2723,614
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
1751:7,7801,224
Dominican Republic-1731:60,2963,762
Congo
100%
1601:31,3082,777
Vanuatu-1591:1,646442
India
100%
1491:8,153,543263,329
Netherlands
100%
1491:113,4375,542
Haiti
100%
1461:73,4724,485
Saint Lucia
100%
1431:1,243212
Malawi
100%
1271:134,7436,567
Japan-1241:1,032,14615,164
Solomon Islands
100%
1241:4,685605
Indonesia-1081:2,388,552116,831
Bahrain-891:15,1542,209
Peru
100%
831:383,0307,575
Germany
100%
741:1,306,4589,102
China-721:18,972,99760,292
Botswana-691:31,6593,460
Israel
99%
 
661:127,3174,908
DR Congo
100%
621:1,190,76833,715
Spain
100%
601:775,4997,772
Sweden
100%
601:164,2986,117
Chile
58%
 
521:338,6004,883
Guyana
100%
491:15,5772,074
Suriname
100%
491:11,2822,027
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
481:2,325439
Kuwait-471:80,5386,521
Barbados-451:6,440865
Malta-401:10,7341,062
Turks and Caicos Islands
100%
391:890192
Costa Rica
100%
371:128,8633,682
United States Virgin Islands-371:2,966557
Mozambique-361:756,7601,518
Antigua and Barbuda-351:2,840589
Norway
100%
351:146,6384,100
United Arab Emirates-351:204,34313,030
Mexico
100%
341:3,651,30716,729
Singapore
100%
341:184,9138,359
Venezuela
96%
 
311:974,25521,161
Iraq-291:1,207,5129,085
Guam-281:5,737966
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Ireland
63%
 
271:171,9823,538
Northern Ireland
90%
 
261:70,8901,336
South Korea-241:231,0188,270
Switzerland
100%
241:342,2296,382
Nigeria
100%
231:7,720,190100,438
Hong Kong-221:352,3973,870
Cayman Islands
100%
211:2,919610
Colombia
100%
211:2,275,18718,014
Belgium
100%
201:574,5028,765
Jersey-201:4,999624
Argentina
54%
 
191:2,251,2238,037
Ecuador-191:932,9967,538
Seychelles
100%
191:4,877888
Liberia
100%
181:245,1148,199
Russia
100%
181:8,012,98432,991
Northern Mariana Islands-171:3,216586
Italy
79%
 
161:3,816,38120,790
Sudan-161:2,362,9363,917
Denmark-151:376,6336,579
Marshall Islands
100%
131:3,941611
Nicaragua
100%
131:462,9498,230
Panama
100%
131:300,5049,934
Honduras
100%
111:801,5889,931
Lebanon
100%
101:562,7576,675
Tanzania
100%
101:5,278,83228,402
Vietnam
100%
101:9,262,3114,040
American Samoa-91:6,2051,322
Bermuda-91:7,203999
Czechia
100%
81:1,332,0203,968
Grenada
100%
81:13,5161,533
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
British Virgin Islands-71:4,464919
Hungary-71:1,398,8243,444
Pakistan
100%
71:27,765,383122,080
Cameroon-51:4,322,10163,776
Guatemala
100%
51:3,221,6866,935
Mauritius
100%
51:259,5574,811
Norfolk Island-51:46594
Puerto Rico-51:710,0604,535
Taiwan
100%
51:4,753,93676,486
Afghanistan-41:8,155,87935,337
Dominica-41:18,868592
Equatorial Guinea-41:284,422684
Fiji-41:223,0942,508
Finland
75%
 
41:1,370,79611,464
Guernsey-41:15,833609
Libya-41:1,555,3271,779
Mongolia-41:733,70410,632
Syria-41:4,826,5195,774
Belize
100%
31:118,1035,590
Cook Islands-31:6,051772
Falkland Islands-31:1,047226
Greece
100%
31:3,644,84916,562
Latvia-31:671,8823,893
Montserrat-31:1,625276
Albania
100%
21:1,523,28533,816
Austria
100%
21:4,257,10013,469
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Paraguay
100%
21:3,618,40211,946
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Burundi-11:9,906,5592,558
Cape Verde-11:529,1516,361
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Palau-11:21,711239
Pitcairn Islands
100%
11:521
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-11:5,829386
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476

The alternate forms: Bradléy (1) are calculated separately.

Bradley (279,725) may also be a surname.

Bradley Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller on the] broad meadow.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Bradley Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Bradley Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bradley in the Russian language
Брадлейbradlej-

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