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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a reduced form of the Latin personal name Ambrosius (see Ambrose).
  • German : from Middle High German brossen ‘to sprout or bud’, hence an affectionate nickname for a young son. Compare Brotz.
  • Eastern German : from the Slavic personal name Prus, related to German Preusse ‘Prussian’.

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