Brag: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Anyone researching Brag should also look under Bragg. Taken at its root, Brag points to “bold, lively”. Without the “g” of Bragg, Brag is a simpler written form of the same name. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Bragge and Braggs.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Brag, so the heraldry linked to Bragg is a starting point, not an automatic right. Research your Brag family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.