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in reply to a message by anne129
Broadus is originally a surname. It became a given name in the South in honor of John Albert Broadus (1827-1895), a prominent clergyman in the Southern Baptist denomination.
http://www.sbhla.org/bio_broadus.htm
I cannot find the origin of the surname in the reference books I have in my office, but an educated guess is that it is possibly from the place name Broadwas, a village in western England whose name originally meant "broad tract of alluvial land." (from A.D. Mills's A Dictionary of English Place-Names>).
A very famous man named after John Broadus was the founder of the behavioristic school of psychology, John Broadus Watson. He was born in South Carolina, like your boyfriend's grandfather.
http://www.sbhla.org/bio_broadus.htm
I cannot find the origin of the surname in the reference books I have in my office, but an educated guess is that it is possibly from the place name Broadwas, a village in western England whose name originally meant "broad tract of alluvial land." (from A.D. Mills's A Dictionary of English Place-Names>).
A very famous man named after John Broadus was the founder of the behavioristic school of psychology, John Broadus Watson. He was born in South Carolina, like your boyfriend's grandfather.
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Thank you I know that it is a surname, but I thought that maybe could find out the meaning in it for a first name. I know that Snoop Dogg's lastname is Broadus. But as for my son having been named after his great grand father who's name was Broadus Watt.
Maybe he was named after someone else, not real sure I always thought that it was just a southern name and that is why I had never heard of it before. If you find anything more out please let me know.
Maybe he was named after someone else, not real sure I always thought that it was just a southern name and that is why I had never heard of it before. If you find anything more out please let me know.
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