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Its of Celtic origins (Ireland/Wales/England/Scotland)

Taken from www.ancestry.com
Halliwell
Northern English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place near Manchester called Halliwell, from Old English halig ‘holy’ + well(a) ‘well’, ‘spring’, or from any of the numerous other places named with these elements (see Hollowell).

Briggs
Northern English form of Bridge, from Old Norse bryggja.

Hope this helps.

justme is as specifc as it gets, in terms of the 'origin' of a name.
The history of a FAMILY is a whole different ball game, that involves tracing persons (not surnames) through records.
If you just want the accepted origin (like for a school assignment), you got it.
If you want to find family history. you might take a bit of time to read the guide for beginning research at www.rootsweb.com.
Not everyone with the same name will be related, thus there won't be some magic "Halliwell family history".

From the celebrity Geri Halliwell.

Hope this helps.