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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Yiddish brik ‘bridge’ (altered by folk etymology in English-speaking countries as if derived from English brick) + man ‘man’; possibly an ornamental name or an occupational name for a bridge keeper. Compare Bruckman.
  • Altered spelling of German Brückmann ‘bridge keeper’ (see Bruckman).
  • Altered spelling of Slovenian Bricman, derived from an old personal name Bric (Latin Bricius or Brictius; see Brice) + the suffix -man, German -mann.

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