Given name & surname

Briody

“descendant of Bruaided”

Briody is a surname from Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Briody goes back to Irish Ó Bruaideadha, meaning “descendant of Bruaided.”

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Where it comes from

Briody comes from Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Irish Ó Bruaideadha (“descendant of Bruaided”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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