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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

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

Boy name variations

Bringham

Bringham

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Brigg

Brigg

- 17% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Briggs

Briggs

- 6% this year
Masculine
Uncommon
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How Popular Is The Name Brigham

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.

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