The story
- Old English · derived frombridd“bird”
- English todayBridwell
Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in the civil parish of Uffculme, from Old English bridd (“bird”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbridd all →
birdBirdwell
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.