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bree Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish (Counties Sligo and Mayo): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breaghaigh ‘descendant of Breagha’, a byname meaning ‘hill dweller’, from brí ‘hill’, ‘height’, genitive breagh.
  2. Dutch: nickname for a well-built man, from Middle Dutch breet ‘broad’.
  3. Jewish: unexplained.

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Distribution of bree Families in the US in 1920
Number of bree families
 20-38
 7-19
 1-6
 0
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