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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : occupational name for a brewer, from Old French brasser ‘to brew’ (Late Latin braciare, a derivative of braces ‘malt’, of Gaulish origin).
  • English : variant of Brazier.
  • Of French (Huguenot) origin : Americanized form of Brasseur, assimilated to the English name.

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