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brace Name Meaning and History

English: probably from Middle English, Old French brace ‘arm’, also denoting a piece of armor covering the arm. In most cases it is probably a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of armor, specifically armor designed to protect the upper arms, but it could also have been a nickname for someone with strong arms (compare Armstrong) or a deformed or otherwise noticeable arm.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of brace Families in the US in 1920
Number of brace families
 74-146
 25-73		 1-24
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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