Broadhead Family History
Broadhead Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a broad headland from Middle English brod ‘wide broad’ (Old English brād) + Middle English heved hed ‘head headland’ (Old English hēafod). English: nickname from northern Middle English brad + hed heved ‘broad head’ (Old English brād + hēafod). Americanized form of German Breithaupt or any of the cognates in other languages.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022