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Broderick (surname)

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This article is about the surname "Broderick". For the given name, see Broderick (given name). For other uses, see Broderick (disambiguation).

Broderick is a surname of early medieval English origin, and subsequently the Anglicised versions of names of Irish and Welsh origin.

Broderick
Language(s)Welsh, Irish, Old Norse
Origin
MeaningWelsh: "son of Rhydderch"; Irish: "descendant of Bruadar"; "Brother" Old Norse: "Blood Brother" or "Ginger brother"

English origin

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The name was originally derived from "son of Baldric (or Baldrick)".[1] Broderick or Broderic may also refer to a person living at or near a broad ridge.[2][3]

Irish origin

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It is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Bruadair, meaning "descendant of Bruadar". The Irish Bruattar /Bruadar /Brodur is first recorded in 853, in the name of Bruattar mac Aeda, an Irish princeling from the south-east of Ireland. As a Norse personal name, Brodir is found in the name of a particular participant in the Battle of Clontarf and of a particular King of Dublin who was killed in 1160.[4]

Welsh origin

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The name is an Anglicised form of the Welsh Prydderch, meaning "son of Rhydderch".[2] The Welsh personal name Rhydderch was originally a byname meaning "reddish brown".[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Broderick Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Broderick Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Broderic Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ^ Hudson, Benjamin (2002). "Brjans saga". Medium Aevum. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Roderick Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
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