This name is cute for a little boy. I heard one couple gushing about how they loved the name so much they'd use it if they had a boy or a girl. The name's too harsh for a girl.
I really like this name for a boy or a girl. If I had a girl I would name her Brayden because very few girls have this name. I think it better suits girls then boys, even though it is masculine.
Frankly, this name looks and sounds so trendy that it makes me sick to my stomach. It's sad, really, how great, ancient names are taken, mutilated, and popularized, stripped of their dignity; "Brayden" was once "Bradán" ("BRAH-dawn") and it has been turned into something that sounds overly youthful, something that will not age very well but rather become an embarrassing remnant of a trend.
I normally am not fond of names like this (they seem kind of trendy), but I really love Brayden/Braden/Braeden. I think it's a great name for a boy.
-- Anonymous User 3/10/2007
I completely agree with gaelruadh19, I think that Brayden is incredibly trendy, along with Hayden, Caden, Jayden, and the rest. I can't see this on an adult.
I love this boy's name! Circa 2004! :D I plan to name my first son Brayden, maybe he'll be my only son but surely I'll use this name! It's becoming the new Ethan and Ryan I suppose. Brayden creates an image of a little boy as spunky, a surfer, with long brown hair, blue eyes and a wide awesome smile running around the beach. As a man, I see a Brayden earning 80K. Great name parents/soon to be parents of a baby Brayden!
This name is so stupid and babyish! I can't picture anyone over the age of 5 with this name. Why is it so popular? What do morons using it see in this name?
Totally hideous, and will sound horrible on the bearer after he's past early childhood. It also sounds like the sound a donkey makes. When will this stupid -aden fad bite the dust?
Heinous! It reminds me of donkeys, too! And I can't imagine anybody over the age of 3 named this. Grandpa Brayden sounds just as silly as Grandpa Poop. What about naming him Brandon or Benjamin instead? At least those age well!
-- Anonymous User 7/26/2010
Another tacky -ayden name that suits a four-year-old but is so hard to picture for a grown man. I really don't get this whole "let's give all our boys rhyming names" trend.