The Breeden surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,395 people carried this name — #3,169 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,039 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Breeden surname

Variant of Breedon or Bredon.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Breeden» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Bredon’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: William de Bredun, Derbyshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Breedon, Breeden, Briddon and Bridden.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 130 · public domain.

In print

Breeden in American newspapers,
1911–1925.

Newspaper page from The Kevin Review carrying the name Breeden
The Kevin Review 1925-04-23
Newspaper page from The Southern Herald carrying the name Breeden
The Southern Herald 1911-01-06
Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Breeden
The Colfax Chronicle 1911-01-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Breeden in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

319 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Breeden. The most, 125, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 4.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 131
Victoria 120
Queensland 25
New South Wales 22
South Australia 7
Tasmania 7
ACT (Canberra) 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Breeden.

Who carried it

People named Breeden,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Brick Breeden
    Brick Breeden 1904–1977 · actor
  • Edward L. Breeden Jr.
    Edward L. Breeden Jr. 1905–1990 · politician
  • Carl Breeden 1891–1951 · cricketer
  • Carl Breeden 1891–1951 · cricketer
  • Charles Louis Breeden 1891–1951
  • Bill Breeden 1913–1982 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Breeden,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States543 records

543 records of the Breeden name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 349
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 126
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 31
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lavern W. Breeden

    Born 1914 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa, Oklahoma; miner from Ottawa County, Oklahoma. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Baxter Springs, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Adelh Breeden

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Main from Bremen, aged 22; farmer. From Prussia, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Portner Breeden

    Born 1945; from Raleigh, North Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 543 records for Breeden in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands128 records

128 records of the Breeden name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 76
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 52
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Jacoba Breeden

    Married in 1927 in Dordrecht. Died 1959 in Amersfoort, aged 56.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Jacob Breeden

    Born 1913 in Vlissingen. Died 1972 in Noordoostpolder, aged 59.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Het Flevolands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Hermina Maria Breeden

    In the population register of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude; domestic servant, born 1873 in Epe.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 128 records for Breeden in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia25 records

25 records of the Breeden name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James C. T. Breeden

    Sales rep of Burwood, Victoria; died 1979.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lilly Breeden

    Arrived in Victoria in 1884 aboard the Orient, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John Breeden

    Married 1862 in Westbury, Tasmania, aged 25.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 25 records for Breeden in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Breeden name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edwin John Fairly Breeden

    Died 1963; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Colidlia Breeden

    Died 1967 in Bible Hill, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Sidney George Eric Breeden

    Died 1990; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Breeden in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Breeden name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Thomas Breeden

    Will proved in 1935; of Stalybridge, Chester.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Breeden

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Breeden name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Breeden

    From Insel Juist, Nordsee. Reported wounded in the Imperial Navy casualty list of 2 October 1915; then reported dead in the list of 23 October 1915.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ullrich Breeden

    From Norderney, Aurich. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 23 June 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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