The bridges Surname
bridges Name Meaning and History
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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