Last name origin & meaning: English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the
color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from
Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is
occasionally found in Old English and Old Norse as a personal name or
byname. Brun- was also a Germanic name-forming element. Some
instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may
therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar,
Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes
represents a translation of Gaelic Donn. As an American family
name, it has absorbed numerous surnames from other languages with the
same meaning. Famous people with this last name:
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