Bracewell Family History
Bracewell Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from a place in Lancashire (formerly in Yorkshire) named in Anglo-Scandinavian as ‘Breith's stream’ from the Old Norse byname Breithr meaning ‘broad’ (which possibly replaced earlier Old English Brægd meaning ‘trick’) + Old English well(a) ‘spring stream’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022