North German: probably a patronymic form of a now-lost Germanic personal name, or a topographic name from Low German brede ‘open field’. Compare Breiting. EXG pwh: EG deleted all three senses and wrote this.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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