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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from a byname occasionally used for a younger son, i.e. the brother (Old English brōðor) of someone important, or for a guild member (brother was used in this sense in Middle English).
  • English and Irish : from the cognate Old Norse Bróðir, which was in use as a personal name, originally for a younger son.