Family name origins & meanings
- English (western England and south Wales) : probably a variant (reflecting a local pronunciation) of the English topographic name Broadhouse, from Old English brād ‘broad’, ‘extensive’ + hūs ‘house’.
- English (western England and south Wales) : alternatively, perhaps, a habitational name from Broadwas in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English brād + an unattested element wæsse ‘alluvial land’.