Broderick

Broderick is a surname which is derived from both the Irish and Welsh languages. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Bruadair, meaning "descendant of Bruadar". The name also has ties to the Vikings, mainly connected to the group of Norsemen that settled in England and coexisted with them after their initial raids in 793.

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

The name has been thought to have been derived from a Norse personal name (Brodir).[1] Brodir (meaning "brother"). Or (Red/blood) from the nordic word "Blodr", roughly translating to "blood brother" or "brother of red hair" some historians believe this was the family name given to some of the norsemen who stayed behind in England. 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.[2]

In other cases the surname Broderick is an Anglicised form of the Welsh Prydderch, meaning "son of Rhydderch".[1] The Welsh personal name Rhydderch was originally a byname meaning "reddish brown".[3]

Use as a surname

As a personal name

Fictional characters
  • Bobbi Broderick, a character on the TV show Nip/Tuck
  • Broderick Bode, from the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling

References
  1. "Broderick Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  2. Hudson, Benjamin (2002). "Brjans saga". Medium Aevum. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  3. "Roderick Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
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