Girl name origins & meanings
- Old English : Thin broth
- Irish : Resolute, strong
Girl name variations
Family name origins & meanings
- Irish (Counties Sligo and Mayo) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breaghaigh ‘descendant of Breagha’, a byname meaning ‘hill dweller’, from brí ‘hill’, ‘height’, genitive breagh.
- Dutch : nickname for a well-built man, from Middle Dutch breet ‘broad’.
- Jewish : unexplained.
