My grandmother`s maiden name, on my Dad`s side is
BRADEN. She gave my Dad that name for his middle name....Joseph
Braden. I thought it was kind of weird, as a child growing up, but now I think it`s a cool name. It can be a first, middle, confirmation or last name. And it is not a very common name. Friends tried to tell me, it was
German, but research shows, it is Irish. The Irish spelling is, O`Bradain.