# Bredin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bredin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 232 |
| US rank (2010) | 81,458 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,330,800 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.9% (217 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Irish surname, Anglicized from Mac Giolla Bhrídín, related to Mac Giolla Bhrighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”). See also McBride.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bredin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bredin in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Bredin

- Patricia Bredin, British actress, singer (1935–2023)
- Rae Sloan Bredin, American painter and teacher, 1881-1933

## Similar surnames

Borden, Braden, Burden, Breeden, Barden, Breton, Burdine, Brewton, Bardin, Bryden, Bertin, Breeding.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.