The brighton Surname
brighton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Breighton in East Yorkshire, on the
river Derwent. This place is named with Old English beorht
‘bright’ or an unattested personal name Beohta + tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The surname is unlikely to derive from
Brighton in Sussex, which was known as Brighthelmestone until
the end of the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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