Meaning and Origin of: Bainbridge

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Lives near the pale bridge, bridge over white water

Boy name variations

Bain
Bainbrydge
Banbrigge
Baine
Bayn
Bayne
Baynn

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Bainbridge in North Yorkshire, named for the Bain river on which it stands (which is named with Old Norse beinn ‘straight’) + Old English brycg ‘bridge’.
  • A family of this name was very prominent in Princeton, NJ, from the mid 17th century.