Bruggeman Family History
Bruggeman Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Brüggemann or Bruggemann: see Brueggemann . Dutch: variant of Brugman a topographic name for someone who lived near a bridge or a metonymic occupational name for a bridge keeper. In some cases however it is a habitational name for someone from the Flemish city of Bruges (or Brugge).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022