Brady

Brady comes from the Irish surname O Bradaigh, rooted in bradach, meaning spirited or broad-chested. Once the mark of a proud Cavan clan, it crossed the Atlantic with Irish emigrants and slowly shed its surname skin. By the early 2000s it had surged into the American top 100, helped along by a quarterback named Tom and a decades-old television family of the same name. Two syllables, easygoing and athletic, with a bright vowel that keeps it young. Brady still lands in the 300s today, a familiar name that never quite loses its backyard charm.