🔥Brody

Irish, English, and Scottish

"broad eye or broad island"

Brody Origin and Meaning

The name Brody is a boy's name of Scottish, English, Irish origin meaning "broad eye or broad island".

The energetic Brody is a name that claims different meanings and origins depending on whether you're looking at its Irish, Scottish, or English history -- and Eastern Europeans claim a version too. An alternate spelling is Brodie.

Caitlyn Jenner named her son Brody before she fell under the sway of the Kardashian K-naming klan, and volleyball ace Gabrielle Reese used the name for her daughter. The Brody on TV's Homeland is known by his surname; his first name is Nicholas.

A recent study of names by political party affiliation found that nearly 80 percent of the voters named Brody are Republicans.

Brody Rank in US Top 1000

# 224 in the US

Brody Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 481 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Brody

• 224 US 2024
• 481 Nameberry 2025
• 184 Canada 2022
• 299 Future 2028
• 99 England 2024
• 113 scotland 2024
• 99 Ireland 2022
• 79 Dogs 2022

20 Names Similar to Brody

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Brody.

• Jameson
• Reece
• Brady
• Dawson
• Carson
• Camden
• Myles
• Greyson
• Brodie
• Tucker
• Preston
• Easton
• Reese
• Colby
• Weston
• Cade
• Colton
• Landon
• Bryce
• Landen

Famous People Named Brody

• (Sam) Brody Jenner American television personality ("The Hills," "Keeping Up with the Kardashians")
• Brody Stevens (born Steven James Brody) American comedian
• (William) Brody Eldridge American football player
• (Ian) Brody Hutzler American actor
• Brody Smith Canadian actor
• Adrien Brody American actor
• Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson) Australian,American female singer
• Brody Christopher Marleau (b. 2009) son of ice hockey player Patrick Marleau
• Brody Morrow son of ice hockey player Brenden Morrow; twin of sister Mallory Morrow
• Brody Hoffman son of baseball player Trevor Hoffman
• Brody Boller (b. 2013) son of former Miss USA Carrie Prejean and NFL player Kyle Boller
• Brody Ryan Tarrant (b. 2010) son of reality TV personality Brooke Smitherman,Tarrant of "16 and Pregnant"
• Brody Jo Hamilton DAUGHTER of athletes Laird Hamilton & Gabrielle Reece

The name Brody in Pop Culture

• Brody Lovett character on American soap "One Life to Live"
• Brody Davis character on TV's "Roswell"
• Brody Weston character on TV's "Glee"
• Nicholas Brody (goes by Brody) character on TV's "Homeland"
• Kyle Brody (goes by Brody) character on TV's "Charmed"
• Jason Brody main character in video game "Far Cry 3"
• Martin Brody character in film "Jaws"
• Matt Brody (goes by Brody) character in Baywatch movie