Bracken
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See also: bracken
English
Etymology
- As an Irish surname, from Ó Breacáin (“descendant of Breacán”), from Breacán, a name diminutive of breac (“spotted”)
- As an English surname, from Middle English bracken (“fern”)
- As an English habitational surname, from Bracon Ash in Norfolk, Bracken in Yorkshire
- As a German surname, from Middle Low German braak (“fallow”)
Also compare Brackeen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bracken
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States, named after Bracken Creek.
- A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Derived terms
References
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, p. 308