Brodie
Pronounced /ˈbɹoʊdi/
Pronounced /ˈbɹoʊdi/
Babies named Brodie per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
Greatest: 126 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 117 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 137 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 418 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,124 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,818 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,434 babies, 0.16 per 1,000.
Scottish habitational surname of uncertain meaning. Probably of Pictish or Gaelic origin. Some of the suggestions that have been advanced as to the meaning of the name Brodie are: "ditch" or "mire", from the old Irish word broth; "muddy place", from the Gaelic word brothach; "a point", "a spot", or "level piece of land", from the Gaelic word Brodha; or originated from the Pict name Brude, Bruid or Bridei from King Bridei of the Picts. ==== Proper noun ==== Brodie A surname from Scottish Gaelic. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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