Bread Family History
Bread Name Meaning
see Brade . from Brede (Sussex) recorded as Brada in 1166 and Brede in about 1220 and probably derived from Old English brǣdu ‘breadth’ referring to the broad valley called Brede Level. for someone who lived by a wooden bridge from Middle English bred (Old English bred) ‘board plank’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016