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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name, probably from Bridgeford in Northumberland, Bridgford in Staffordshire, or East or West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire, which are named with Old English brycg ‘bridge’ + ford ‘ford’.

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