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Updated June 9, 2019

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’.

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