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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : from Middle High German brunke ‘splendor’, hence probably a nickname for an ostentatious dresser.
  • North German (and Frisian) : from a pet form of the personal name Brun(o) or the byname Brūn (see Brun).

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