bracken

/ˈbɹækən/

bracken means A surname.

bracken is pronounced /ˈbɹækən/.

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.

name

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.

noun

Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.
An area of countryside heavily populated by this fern.