Bright Family History
Bright Name Meaning
English: usually a nickname from Middle English bright ‘bright good-looking fresh-faced’ (Old English beorht ‘bright shining’). English: perhaps occasionally from an unrecorded Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Briht Beorht from a short form of any of several Old English personal names of which beorht was the first element such as Beorhtrīc ‘bright’ + ‘powerful’. Compare Bert . Americanized form of German Brecht . Americanized form of German Breit .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022