Thebridge Family History
Thebridge Surname Meaning
From the Middle English personal name Thedbriht (Old English Þēodbeorht from þēod ‘people’ + beorht ‘bright’). The modern name is from Thebridge (now Waterend) Farm in Sandridge (Herts) whose name derives from Old English þēof ‘thief’ + brycg ‘bridge’.
It may have absorbed the name in (i).
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
