as a Last Name
- 4,204
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Bridgewater
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from Bridgwater in Somerset; the water which the bridge at Bridgwater crosses is the Parrett river, but the place name actually derives from Brigewaltier, i.e. ‘Walter's bridge’, after Walter de Dowai, the 12th-century owner.
| 7,931st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bridges, Bridge, Bridgeman, Bridwell, Bridgman, Bridgers, Bridger, Bridgeforth, Bridgeford, Bridgett
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,204
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Indiana
- has the most people named Bridgewater per capita
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