The brugman Surname
brugman Name Meaning and History
- Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a bridge or a metonymic occupational name for a bridge keeper, from Dutch brugge ‘bridge’ (see Bridge); in some cases, it is a habitational name for someone from the Flemish city of Bruges (or Brugge), meaning ‘bridges’.
- Altered spelling of Swiss Bruggmann ‘bridge keeper’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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