Braid Family History
Braid Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the Braid Hills near Edinburgh. Scottish and northern English: descriptive nickname from Older Scots and English dialect braid ‘broad’; see Broad . English: metonymic occupational name for a braid maker from a noun derivative of Middle English braiden in the sense ‘to plait or braid (the hair)’; compare Brader .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022