An English surname, Bridges is a form of Bridge. It comes from the Flemish term of ‘brugge’ which means a bridge. There is also the Old English term of ‘brycg’ which also means bridge. The other forms of spelling for Bridges are Bridge and Briddge. In England the Bridges surname is in Yorkshire, Kent, Sussex and Norfolk along with Somerset to the west coast. Along the southern border of Scotland is where most with the Bridges surname live, especially in Lanarkshire and Midlothian. Within the United States the Bridges surname is mostly in the southern states, especially Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, Missouri and Kentucky. Famous: Lloyd, Beau and Jeff Bridges (actor family of TV and movies), Roy D. Bridges Jr. (astronaut), John Bridges (English archer in the Olympics of 1908), Rocky Bridges (professional baseball player), Penny Bae Bridges (actress), Steve Bridges (comedian) and Henry Bridges (18th century clockmaker and architect of England).