Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Brewer

Boy name variations

Brewster
Brewer
Brewstar

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Brughadha ‘descendant of Brughaidh’, a byname meaning ‘strong farmer’, ‘prosperous farmer’.
  • Manx : Anglicized form of the Gaelic occupational term breitheamh ‘judge’, ‘deemster’ (see Brain).
  • Probably an Americanized spelling of German and Swiss Breu, a variant of Breuer.

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