Brody Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Behind the Brody surname stands Brodie, a Scottish name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Brodie in Moray”. The two spellings differ in a small detail: Brody has “y” where Brodie has “ie”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The 2010 census count for Brody in the United States was 6,805, good for rank 5,142. From 1891 to 2000, 128 births in France were registered under Brody. Births ran at 11 in 1891–1900 and 11 in 1991–2000.

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