# Brody (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brody/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Brodie.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,805 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,142 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,370 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (6,494 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /bɹoʊdi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brody in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brody in the United States, Hungary and Israel.

## People named Brody

- Adrien Brody, American actor
- Adam Brody, American actor
- Sándor Bródy, (1863–1924) writer and journalist
- Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player
- Ann Brody, actress (1884-1944)
- Richard Brody, American film critic
- Estelle Brody, American actress (1900-1995)

## Similar surnames

Brady, Brodie, Braddy, Broad, Broady, Brode, Brod, Broadway, Bradway, Barrett, Byrd, Beard.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.