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bringhurst Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name, probably from a place in Leicestershire, England, called Bringhurst. This was named in Old English with Br¯ninga + hyrst ‘wooded hill’, i.e. ‘wooded hill on lands associated with someone called Br¯ni’.

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Distribution of bringhurst Families in the US in 1920
Number of bringhurst families
 15-28
 6-14
 1-5
 0
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