Given name & surname
Brodrick
“from the wide ridge”
Brodrick is a variant of Broderick. One English interpretation is “from the wide ridge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brodrick is a variant of Broderick. One English interpretation is “from the wide ridge.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brodrick is a variant of Broderick. An origin associated with Broderick is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brodrick through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,794
- 1,794 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,895 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,895 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,233 as a first name in 2020; 695 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brodrick’s family of names
Brodrick has a related form in Broderick.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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