Celebrity Baby Names: Brad Paisley

First name origin: Old English

First name meaning: Broad meadow

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Last name origin: Scottish and northern Irish

Last name meaning: habitational name from a place in Renfrewshire, now a suburb of Glasgow. It is first recorded in 1157 as Passeleth, then in 1158 as Paisleth and in 1163 as Passelet, Passelay; it may be derived from Late Latin basilica ‘church’.

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