Braxton

English

"Brock's settlement"

Braxton Origin and Meaning

The name Braxton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "Brock's settlement".

Braxton entered the popularity ranks in 1985 and has been climbing steadily ever since. It has gained from the all-powerful X-factor, and perhaps also from the reality TV show, Braxton Family Values, featuring singer Toni and her sisters Traci, Towanda, Trina and Tamar. Though it might sound new, there was a prominent Confederate Civil War general named Braxton Bragg.

Braxton Rank in US Top 1000

# 157 in the US

Braxton Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1659 on Nameberry

Braxton Popularity

• 157 US 2022
• 1659 Nameberry 2024
• 76 Future 2028
• 860 England 2020
• 83 Australia 2016
• 98 New Zealand 2023

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Famous People Named Braxton

• Braxton Bragg American Confederate Civil War general
• Braxton Marcellus Miller American NFL player
• Braxton Sutter ring name of Jesse Guilmette, American pro wrestler
• Braxton Garrett American baseball pitcher
• Braxton Olita American pop singer
• Braxton Hamels (b. 2011) son of baseball player Cole Hamels

Braxton in Pop Culture

• Braxton Bragg Underwood character in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" [Mr. Underwood, a profane little man, whose father in a fey fit of humor christened Braxton Bragg, a name Mr. Underwood had done his best to live down. Atticus said naming people after Confederate generals made slow steady drinkers.']
• Braxton Prendergast villain in Jo March's Operatic Tragedy in "Little Women the Musical"
• Darryl "Brax " Heath and Casey Braxton, character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
• Braxton Hicks contractions false labor or practice contractions