Braxton is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Braxton isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Braxton ranks 130. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 17 were named Braxton. In the entire USA, approximately 57,043 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Braxton. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
The meaning of the name Braxton is derived from ‘Brock’s town’. It is composed of two English words ‘brock’ and ‘ton’ meaning ‘badger’ and ‘town’ respectively. In the old English language, Braxton meant ‘The settlement (or town) by the brock’s place’.
The less common name... brock for badger derives from the Celtic word 'broc' which means 'grey'.
Carter Braxton (1736-1797)
He was one of the founding fathers of the United States as a signatory of the Declaration of Independence for the state of Virginia.
Braxton Miller (*1992)
Miller is an American Football player who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes as a quarterback before switching to the position of wide receiver in 2015. He was selected in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans.
Toni Michelle Braxton (*1967)
The US singer, songwriter, actress and television personality is considered to be one of the best-selling female artists in history as she has sold more than 70 million records worldwide. Braxton has won several accolades, among them seven Grammy Awards and nine Billboard Music Awards. In 2017 the Soul Train Music Awards honored her with the »Legend Award«.
Braxton Hicks contractions
These frustrated contractions are known in medicine as preterm contractions (painless contractions of the uterus), which contribute to the maturation of the uterus. They are named after the British doctor John Braxton Hicks (1823-1897), who specialised in obstetrics and also gave his name to the intrauterine »Braxton Hicks contraction«.
Anthony Braxton (*1945)
This US composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist (of the Modern Creative) is best known for playing alto saxophone and piano.
When you hear the name Braxton, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Braxton? Are you also called Braxton? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
»Braxton« is the name of places in several US states, among them being »Braxton« in Kentucky, »Braxton« in Mississippi, and »Braxton« in West Virginia.
The name Braxton may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Braxton is apparently especially popular in Utah. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 555 men in Utah is called Braxton. In total, that’s 2,455 people who feel addressed when the name Braxton is shouted loudly across Utah and who ensure that their name makes it to #146 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Braxton as the answer a total of 57,043 times. This places Braxton at #402 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Braxton as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter B is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 4.2% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common initials of boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Braxton has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, it follows that if 4.2% of all boys' names start with a B, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. And maybe interesting to know: Brian is the boys’ name starting with B, which is the most common of all.
If your name is Braxton and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Braxton, you can simply say:
Butterfly
Rocket
Apple
Xylophone
Tiger
Orange
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Braxton
Braxton
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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R
A
X
T
O
N
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
B
R
A
X
T
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Braxton sounds like this:
