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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Brünger) : from the Old German personal name Brunger meaning ‘brown spear’.
  • English : from the same name as 1 or from Brūngār, the Old English form of the personal name.
  • Possibly an altered spelling of the Swiss habitational name Brüngger, denoting someone from Brünggen in Switzerland.

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