May 16
Why this day? Brads is a short form of Bradley, and shares its name day.
Brads is celebrated in the United States on May 16.
Brads is a short form of Bradley. It keeps its origin (Old English 'brad' (broad) + 'leah' (wood, clearing, meadow)) and meaning — broad meadow, broad clearing, and shares its name day, May 16.
On birth records, Brads is rarely written as such: the Bradss are Bradleys (309,994 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Bradley page.
Brads is a short form of Bradley, which means broad meadow, broad clearing.
May 16, together with Bradley: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Bradley.
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