Brodie

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A male given name from surnames.
• hamlet Moray (council area) Scotland (constituent country), the location of Brodie Castle .

Noun

• A suicidal leap.
• A risky enterprise; a chance taken.

Origin

• Scottish habitational surname of uncertain meaning. Probably of Pictish or Gaelic origin. Some of the suggestions that have been advanced as to the meaning of the name Brodie are:
• "ditch" or "mire", from the old Irish word broth;
• "muddy place", from the Gaelic word brothach;
• "a point", "a spot", or "level piece of land", from the Gaelic word Brodha;
• or originated from the Pict name Brude, Bruid or Bridei from King Bridei of the Picts.
• After Steve Brodie, who made a disputed claim to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived.