Bridel
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bʁidɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bridel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Dorset. see Bridle .
- CHSwitzerland1 in 59K(measured from records)
- BEBelgium1 in 2M
- NLNetherlands1 in 2.9M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bridel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 48 (measured from records)
- 1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)
142 people, 2024
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Брідель in UA Ukraine and Бридель in RU Russia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Dorset. see Bridle .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bridel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 142 | 1 in 59K | 142 | — | 1 |
| RU Russia | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 3M | — | Бридель | 48 |
| UA Ukraine | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Брідель | 9 |
| NL Netherlands | 6 | 1 in 2.9M | 6 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | 6 | 1 in 2M | 6 | — | — |
142 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bridel is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, A bridle, reins, or bit; equipment for directing a horse.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, bridle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bedřich Bridelb. 1619CZCzech baroque writer, poet, and missionary
- Doyen Bridelb. 1757CHSwiss writer (1757-1845)
- Samuel Elisée Bridel-Briderib. 1762CHbotanist (1762-1828)
- Georges-Victor Bridelb. 1818CH(1818-1889)
- Gustave Bridelb. 1827CH(1827-1884)
- Louis Bridelb. 1852CHSwiss jurist (1852–1913)
- Marc Bridelb. 1883FRFrench chemist and pharmacist
- Gaston Bridelb. 1885CHSwiss journalist (1885-1982)
- Georges Bridelb. 1889CHSwiss politician (1889-1978)
- Frank Bridelb. 1924CHSwiss journalist (1924-)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 142 | #8,314 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 6 | #92,518 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 6 | #73,284 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bridel mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Dorset. see Bridle . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Bridel?
- A machine transcription gives /bʁidɛl/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Bridel have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 142 people named Bridel, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Bridel most common?
- Bridel is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 59 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Bridel?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 142 people named Bridel in 2024, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Bridel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bridelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bridel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.