Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : topographic name for someone living in a scrubby area of country, from Old French broce ‘brushwood’, ‘scrub’ (Late Latin bruscia).
  • French : metonymic occupational name for a brush maker, from Old French brusse ‘brush’.
  • French : The name is documented in Trois Rivières, Quebec, in 1667.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe