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Brody

Also spelled: Brodie

Usually a boy's name

Meaning
No settled meaning: a Scottish place name, perhaps Gaelic 'muddy place' or 'ditch' No settled meaning

A Hungarian and Polish surname, Bródy, looks the same but is unrelated.

Origin
Scottish surname
Popularity

US 2025: #236 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #106

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This name's meaning doesn't link to one of the five elements, so it isn't matched to a chart here.

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