Bridgland
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from an unidentified place in England, probably in Kent, perhaps from Old English bryċġ (“bridge”) + land (“land”).
Proper noun
Bridgland (plural Bridglands)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bridgland is the 10185th most common surname in England, belonging to 583 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bridgland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 226.
- Forebears