Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname. · An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname. · An Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, a translation of de Brún. · An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.
Alternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”).
Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”).
From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.
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