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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BRAITHWAITE

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Northern English: habitational name from any of the places in Cumbria and Yorkshire named Braithwaite, from Old Norse breiðr ‘broad’ + þveit ‘clearing’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)