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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and English : metonymic occupational name for a master of hunting dogs or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a hunting dog, Middle High German bracke. The cognate Middle English word was derived via Old French brachez (plural of brachet, a diminutive form). Compare Brakke.

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