Brody

Brody: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“ditch or muddy place”
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
BROH-dee · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Brody comes from a Scottish surname and place name, probably from Gaelic elements referring to a ditch or muddy place. The exact derivation is somewhat uncertain.

How popular is Brody?

2024483 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Brody in 20241,608

2024 rank#224 boys

Peak year2008

Total US babies since 188080,456

Brody is fading: recent use is about 44% of its level ten years before.

Names like Brody

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Loganlittle hollow · Scottish Gaelic
  • Cameroncrooked nose · Scottish Gaelic
  • IanGod is gracious · Scottish Gaelic
  • Carsonson of Carr · Scottish Gaelic
  • Callumdove · Scottish Gaelic
  • MaxwellMack's stream · Scottish Gaelic
  • Dallasmeadow dwelling · Scottish Gaelic
  • Kennethborn of fire · Scottish Gaelic

Brody questions

What does the name Brody mean?

Brody means "ditch or muddy place". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. Brody comes from a Scottish surname and place name, probably from Gaelic elements referring to a ditch or muddy place. The exact derivation is somewhat uncertain.

Is Brody a boy or girl name?

Brody is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Brody?

1,608 US babies were named Brody in 2024. Its peak year was 2008.

How do you pronounce Brody?

Brody is usually pronounced BROH-dee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.