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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsBrathwaite

Meaning & History

Northern English habitational name from any of the places in Cumbria and Yorkshire named Braithwaite, from Old Norse breiðr "broad" + þveit "clearing".
Added 11/21/2016 by anonymous