Given name & surname
Brodi
“from the ditch”
Brodi is a variant of Brody. One interpretation is “from the ditch.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brodi is a variant of Brody. One interpretation is “from the ditch.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brodi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 976
- 814 boys · 162 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 75 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,425 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,425 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 59 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 817 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 52,673 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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