The brau Surname
brau Name Meaning and History
- South German (Bräu): from a primitive form of the agent noun for a brewer, Middle High German briuwe.
- North German: from Middle Low German bruw(e) denoting ‘a set quantity brewed at once’.
- Catalan and southern French: nickname from brau ‘wild’, from Latin barbarus ‘barbarian’, ‘ruffian’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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