Broadnax Family History
Broadnax Name Meaning
English: habitational name a variant of Bradnock sometimes pronounced Brodneck from Bradnock's Marsh in Berkswell (Warwickshire). The placename probably meant ‘(place at the) broad oak’. Before or during the 16th century a branch of the Warwickshire family moved to Kent where the surname developed excrescent -s and was spelled Broadnax.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022