Meaning and Origin of: Brigham

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : One who lives near a bridge
  • Old French : Soldier

Boy name variations

Bringham
Brigg
Briggs

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from either of two places in East Yorkshire and Cumbria named Brigham, from Old English brycg ‘bridge’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
  • Thomas Brigham (c. 1603–53) came from London to Cambridge, MA, in 1635.