Bracken

== English == === Etymology === As an Irish surname, from Ó Breacáin (“descendant of Breacán”), from Breacán, a name diminutive of breac (“spotted”) As an English surname, from Middle English bracken (“fern”) As an English habitational surname, from Bracon Ash in Norfolk, Bracken in Yorkshire As a German surname, from Middle Low German braak (“fallow”) Also compare Brackeen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹækən/ === Proper noun === Bracken A surname. An unincorporated community in Huntington County, Indiana, United States. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri, United States, named after Bracken Creek. A village in the Rural Municipality of Lone Tree No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada. ==== Derived terms ==== Bracken County === References === The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, p. 308