Given name & surname · also Slavic

Broz

Broz is a surname from Slavic, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Broz comes from Slavic, and ultimately from Serbo-Croatian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Broz as a surname developed from Broź. In English usage, Broz as a surname developed from Brož.

Broz’s family of names

In English usage, Broz as a surname developed from the Polish form Broź. In German usage, Broz as a surname has a related form in BROSCH. In English usage, Broz as a surname developed from the Slovak form Brož.

Walk Broz’s family in the name graph

BrozΜπροζBroschBrožBroź

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Broz has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

Proto-Slavic

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Broz, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slavic

Knoroz

Knoroz is a surname, possibly from Russian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

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Slavic

Bronislovas

“defender of glory”

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Slavic

Bratu

Bratu is a surname from Old Church Slavonic. It is used in Romanian.

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Slavic

Boron

“to fight”

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Serbo-Croatian

Đorđe

Đorđe is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Serbo-Croatian

Bolf

Bolf is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian. It is used in English and Czech.

No U.S. birth series

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Serbo-Croatian

Ðorðe

Ðorðe is a given name. It is used in French.

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Slavic

Tkocz

“weaver”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Broz’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Broz