Släkthistoria för Bradbeer
Bradbeer Vad efternamn betyder
from Bradbury in Chittlehampton (Devon) recorded as Brodebray in 1407 and Badberie in 162 The place-name is from Middle English brode ‘broad great chief’ + the river name Bray probably to distinguish this hamlet from South Bray in the same parish. A colloquial pronunciation of -bray as /bri:/ was presumably re-interpreted as a casual pronunciation of -beri -bury. The surname itself then underwent a reduction from -bery to -bere by association with the common Devon place-name ending -beare ‘grove’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
