Broderick
A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning broad ruler; from Broderick.
Broderick by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Broderick. In the US, 146 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 253 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Broderick. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brodrickbroad ruler; a form of Broderick22 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a king or ruler
Like Broderick, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Henryruler of the home2,295 in England and Wales (2025)
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Arthurbear; the legendary king3,211 in England and Wales (2025)
- Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Broderick
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