English: habitational name from either of two places in East
Yorkshire and Cumbria named Brigham, from Old English brycg
‘bridge’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed
in by water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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