Brister

Gender: 
Male

Meanings:

  • Form of Bristol: Rich, noble, powerful; place name—sight of the bridge (English).
  • Form of Brewster: Brewer (Old English).
  • Blend of Bristol (rich, noble, powerful; place name—sight of the bridge—English) and Brewster (brewer—Old English).
  • Name found among free black men who lived and worked in early nineteenth-century New England.