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The broady Surname

broady Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name from any of various minor places called Broad(e)y, named with Old English brad ‘broad’ + (ge)hæg ‘enclosure’.
  2. habitational name from a place named as ‘broad island’, from Old English brad ‘broad’ + eg ‘island’. There is a district of Stafford so named, on the western edge of the medieval town.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of broady Families in the US in 1920
Number of broady families
 12-22
 5-11
 1-4
 0
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Broady Dot Hawkes 16
Broady of Washington Co., VA Virginia Taylor 2
Phoebe Broady kahunawa 9
Georgella Griffin Leilani_Broady 0
Broady/Turner Leilani_Broady 0
Broady Surname Research Gwendolyn Broady-Hayden 0
Broadys from Amherst, Virginia GwenHayden 0
Broady, Brawdy pell wardrop 7
Tintype and Cab. Photo of Black African American Woman named Susie Abernathy Broady Robinson, St. Louis, Mo. circa 1880s Bill Bronsch 0
Nancy Broady Terry b.1836 lastoften 1
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