Brody
Featured in baby name books
Brody is a Gaelic or Scottish name meaning “ditch” or “muddy place.” Brody is also read as “brother” or “second son.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
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Usage of Brody in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Brody against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Brody is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Brody in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,492 boys were named Brody, making it the #236 boys' name in the US. Since 1954, 81,678 boys have been named Brody, with the most (6,299) in 2008. It is most common, relative to births, in Rhode Island, Montana and New Hampshire.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| Canada (Ontario) | #125 boys | 104 | Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General, ServiceOntario), 2024 |
| Canada (Quebec) | #719 boys | 5 | Retraite Québec (via Données Québec), 2025 |
| England and Wales | #106 boys | 491 | Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025 |
| Ireland | #147 boys | 36 | Central Statistics Office (CSO), 2025 |
| Netherlands | #868 boys | 13 | Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), 2025 |
| New Zealand | #346 boys | 13 | Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2025 |
| Northern Ireland (English-speaking) | #120 boys | 19 | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), 2025 |
| Northern Ireland (Irish-speaking) | #120 boys | 19 | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), 2025 |
| Scotland | #116 boys | 43 | National Records of Scotland (NRS), 2025 |
| Wales | #87 boys | 31 | Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2025 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Brody
There are 55 towns and villages with Brody in their name, in 7 countries.
🇵🇱 Poland 23🇧🇾 Belarus 13🇷🇺 Russia 9🇺🇦 Ukraine 7🇨🇿 Czechia 1🇲🇽 Mexico 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Brody | Lviv, 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 23,134 | Map |
| Brody | Lesser Poland, 🇵🇱 Poland | 2,577 | Map |
| Brody | Świętokrzyskie, 🇵🇱 Poland | 1,737 | Map |
| Brody-Parcele | Mazovia, 🇵🇱 Poland | 1,600 | Map |
| Brody | Lubusz, 🇵🇱 Poland | 1,070 | Map |
| Brody | Lubusz, 🇵🇱 Poland | 750 | Map |
| Brody | Greater Poland, 🇵🇱 Poland | 724 | Map |
| Brody | Świętokrzyskie, 🇵🇱 Poland | 489 | Map |
| Brody | Pomerania, 🇵🇱 Poland | 307 | Map |
| Brody | Mazovia, 🇵🇱 Poland | 205 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Brody
There are 2 lakes and reservoirs with Brody in their name, in 2 countries.
🇵🇱 Poland 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Brody Reservoir | Wyoming, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Jezioro Brody | West Pomerania, 🇵🇱 Poland | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Brody songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Brody in their title. The best known:
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Brody
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Brody.
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Fictional characters named Brody
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Brody as a pet name
FurryName has found 758 dogs named Brody in public pet registers, making it the #230 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Worcester (12), Framingham (9), Tacoma (5). Brody as a dog name →
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