Brod Family Crest and Last Name Background

Brod is a Polish surname. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “one who had an unusual beard; one who came from Broda, in Mecklenburg”.

• Smith also lists Broda.
• Brod ranked 23,120 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,104 people answering to the name. Between 1891 and 2000, 239 babies born in France were registered as Brod, with the most births in 1951–1960. Births ran at 6 in 1891–1900 and 13 in 1991–2000.
• Brod sounds close to Brodie, Bard and Byrd, so it can help to search both.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Brod family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them. For the full story, order the Brod surname pack.