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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Bräsel) : from a reduced pet form of the Latin personal name Ambrosius (see Ambrose).
  • North German : nickname for a forgetful or scatter-brained person, from Low German braselich.
  • Jewish : unexplained.

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