Broderick: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration - FamilyEducation

Updated February 1, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

English : Broad ridge
German : Famous one

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Broderick

Family 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

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Old English First Names and Meanings