# Brigham

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,481

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A village and civil parish in Cumberland council area, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0830).
3. A small village in Foston on the Wolds parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0753).
4. A town in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States.
5. A municipality in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada.

## Etymology
From bryċġ + hām, "homestead by the bridge".

## Easily confused with
- **bright** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brigham-vs-bright)
- **Bingham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bingham-vs-brigham)
- **Brabham** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brabham-vs-brigham)

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbrigham`, `birgham`, `brgiham`, `brigahm`, `briggham`, `brighamm`, `brighham`, `brighma`, `brihgam`, `brrigham`, `rbigham`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brigham