as a Last Name
- 49,519
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bridges
Meaning & Origins
English: variant of Bridge. The -s generally represents the genitive case, but may occasionally be a plural. In some cases this name denoted someone from the Flemish city of Bruges (Brugge), meaning ‘bridges’, which had extensive trading links with England in the Middle Ages.
| 570th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bridge, Bridgeman, Bridgewater, Bridwell, Braddock, Bridgman, Bridgers, Bridger, Bridgeforth, Bridgeford
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 49,519
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Bridges per capita
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