Brigman Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Genealogists group Brigman with Bridgeman. Name scholars give the meaning as “Man by the bridge”.

Brigman coat of arms

Arms linked to Bridgeman and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

How the spelling arose

Before spelling was fixed, Bridgeman was also written Brigman. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Bridgman.

3,679 Americans were listed as Brigman in the 2010 census. Brigman sounds close to Borgman, Bergman and Brickman, so it can help to search both. For the full story, order the Brigman surname pack.