Family name origins & meanings
- Polish, Slovenian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from Slavic brus ‘whetstone’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for someone who honed or sharpened blades; possibly also a nickname for a clumsy or coarse fellow.
- Slovenian : from an old dialect short form of the personal name Ambrož (see Ambrose).
- French : topographic name for someone living on a heath, from Occitan brusc ‘heather’.