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Boy · Scottish Gaelic
Brody
Say it: BROH-dee
Meaning
From a Scottish surname taken from Brodie in Moray, a place name of uncertain origin; an Irish surname Ó Bruaideadha also contributed.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used as a boys' name in the US from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 73,133 babies given this name since 1954
- At its height in 2008, about 1 in 324 boys
- 2,130 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Brodie, Brodey
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.