Submitted Surnames with "broad" in Meaning

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Bóbski Polish
Possibly derived from the Polish word bób, which means "broad bean".

Bradfield English
Habitational name for a person from any of the various places named Bradfield in England, all derived from Old English brad "broad" and feld "field".

Bradham English
Means "broad home". From brad "broad", and ham "home"

Bradstreet English
Topographic name for someone who lived by a Roman road, derived from Old English brad "broad" and strǣt "paved highway, street" (ultimately derived from Latin strata)... [more]

Braithwaite English
Habitational name for a person from any of the various places named Braithwaite in Cumbria and Yorkshire, from Old Norse breiðr "broad" + þveit "clearing, pasture".

Braybrooke English
From the name of the Northamptonshire village of Braybrooke, meaning "the broad brook."

Brayton English
Derived from the Old Norse name breithr meaning "broad", or the Old Norse personal name Breithi, combined with the Old English suffix tun meaning "town, farmstead".

Breed English
Habitational name from any of various minor places, for example Brede in Sussex, named with Old English brǣdu "breadth, broad place" (a derivative of brād "broad").

Breit German
From Middle High German breit meaning "broad". a nickname for a stout or fat person.

Breitbach German
habitational name from a place in Bavaria named Breitbach from Middle High German breit "broad" and bah "stream".

Breithaupt German
Nickname for someone with a broad head, from Middle High German breit "broad" and houbet or houpt "head".

Breitkreutz German
probably a nickname for a person with a broad butt. Breitkreutz replaced an earlier more transparent form of the surname Breitarsch the use of kreuz (literally "cross") as a euphemism for "buttocks" first occurring in the 17th century... [more]

Breitner German
Derived from Middle High German breit meaning "broad, fat, wide". This was either a nickname for a stout or fat person, a topographic name for someone who lived on fertile and flat land, or an occupational name for a farmer who owned such land... [more]

Breitwieser German
Derived from German breit "broad" and wisa "meadow".

Brevik Norwegian
Habitational name from any of several farms named Brevik, from Norwegian bred "broad" and vik "bay".

Broadhead English
From Old English brad "wide, broad" and heafod "head", a topographic name for someone who lived by a broad headland.

Coyac Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl coyahuac "broad, wide" or coyoctic "a hole, something with a hole in it".

De Bree Dutch
Means "the broad", from Dutch breed "broad, wide, large", a nickname for someone strong or with a broad build.

Elgezabal Basque
From the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Zornotza, Spain, derived from Basque elge "field, cultivated land" and zabal "wide, broad, open".

Favaro Italian
Derivative of Fava "broad bean".

Hirokawa Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Hiromasa Japanese
Hito means "wide, broad, large" and masa means "".

Hirono Japanese
From Japanese 広 (hiro) meaning "wide, broad, spacious" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Hirosawa Japanese
Hiro means "broad, spacious, wide" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Hirose Japanese
From Japanese 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".

Hiroshima Japanese (Rare)
Hiro means "widespread,broad","generous","prosperous" depending on kanji used. Shima means "Island" the same as "jima" does. So this surname rather mean "Prosperous Island"or "Broad Island"."Generous Island" might be possible,but it's not likely used for the last name the same as it is for the given name, Hiro.

Hirota Japanese
From Japanese 廣, 広 or 弘 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Hirowatari Japanese
Hiro means "wide, broad, spacious" and watari means "ferry, cross, import, deliver".

Hiroyasu Japanese
Hiro means "broad, wide, spacious" and yasu means "cheap, peace, relax".

Irarrazabal Basque
Possibly derived from Basque ira "fern" or ilharre "heather" and zabal "wide, broad; open".

Kallai Estonian
Kallai is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "kall" meaning "slope" and "lai" meaning "wide/broad": "wide slope".

Kanehiro Japanese
From Japanese 金 (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, spacious, wide".

Lardizabal Basque, Filipino
Habitational name derived from Basque lahardi "brushland, place of brambles" and zabal "wide, broad, ample".

Mendizabal Basque
Means "wide mountain", derived from Basque mendi "mountain" and zabal "wide, broad, ample". This was also the name of a neighborhood of Arratzua-Ubarrundia that the falangists demolished in 1959 to make way for a reservoir.

Oihartzabal Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque oihan "forest, woods" and zabal "wide, broad, open".

Romsey English
From the town of Romsey in Hampshire, England. The surname itself is derived from Old English rum meaning "broad", and ey meaning "area of dry land in a marsh."

Sallas Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, Galician, Portuguese, Aragonese, Asturian, Romanian, Greek
Either a variant of Salas or Sala, or else a nickname from Arabic, Turkish, or Persian salli meaning "broad, wide, large, tall".

Seddon English
"Broad hill" in Old English. A surname that most occurs in Merseyside, and Lancashire.

Spatafora Italian
This surname originates from the Italian island of Sicily, where it was first borne by a noble family of Byzantine origin, which had settled on the island in the 11th century AD. Their surname was derived from the Greek noun σπάθη (spathe) "blade, sword" (akin to Latin spatha "broad sword with a double edge") combined with Greek φορεω (phoreo) "to carry, to bear", which gives the surname the meaning of "he who carries the sword" or "sword-bearer"... [more]

Tokuhiro Japanese
From 徳 (toku) "virtue, ethics" and 弘 (hiro.i, gu, kou) meaning "broad, vast, wide".

Tomihiro Japanese
From 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance" and 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious".

Wijdekop Dutch
From a nickname for a person with a very wide head, derived from Dutch wijd meaning "wide, broad" and kop meaning "head".

Yumihiro Japanese
From Japanese 弓 (yumi) meaning "archery bow" combined with 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious"

Zabaleta Basque
Habitational name meaning "very wide place", derived from Basque zabal "wide, broad, open" and -eta "place of, abundance of".

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