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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Brüne) : habitational name from Brüne in Lower Saxony or Brünen near Wesel, Lower Rhine.
  • German : nickname meaning ‘brown’, from a dialect form (Alemannic and Low German) of Braun.
  • French : from the feminine form of Brun.

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