Släkthistoria för Brighouse
Brighouse Vad efternamn betyder
English:: habitational name from a place in Yorkshire so named from Old English brycg ‘bridge’ + hūs ‘house’. topographic name from Middle English briggehouse ‘house or tower at or over the entrance to a bridge’. topographic name for someone who lived at a house made of bricks or at a place where bricks were made Middle English brike ‘brick’ + hous ‘house’. Compare Brickhouse.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
