First name origins & meanings:
- English: Broad ridge
- German: Famous one
First name variations: Rick, Brod, Roderick, Brod, Broddy, Broderic, Brodrik, Brodrig, Brodderrick, Broderyk, Brodrick, Rodrick, Rodrigo, Roderich, Rodrigue, Rodney, Rod, Rodd, Roddy, Rodman, Rodmond, Rory, Rick, Ricky, Roderick Last name origins & meanings:
- Irish: Anglicized form adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic
Ó Bruadair ‘descendant of Bruadar’, a Norse personal
name.
- Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhydderch
‘son of Rhydderch’ (see Prothero, Roderick).
Famous people with this last name:
Matthew Broderick This name appears in the following lists:
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