Brightwell Family History
Brightwell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places for example in Berkshire Oxfordshire and Suffolk named Brightwell from Old English beorht ‘bright clear’ + well(a) ‘spring stream’. Perhaps also from Britwell in Burnham (Buckinghamshire) or Britwell Prior or Britwell Salome (both Oxfordshire).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022