Bracken

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹækən/

Proper noun

Bracken

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States, named after Bracken Creek.
4. A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Derived terms

• Bracken County

References

• The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, p. 308