The brehm Surname
brehm Name Meaning and History
- South German: nickname for a restless, cantankerous man, from Middle High German brem(e) ‘horsefly’, a derivative of bremen ‘to buzz or grumble’ .
- German: topographic or habitational name from a field named with Brem ‘swampy bank’, simply as Brehm, Brem, or Bräm, or in compounds such as Bremgarten, Bremkamp. In Switzerland the regular spelling of this name is Bräm.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| The Wisconsin Anackers |
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| Looking for Brehms-Iowa/Wisconsin | Dave Brehm | 1 |
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| Brehm - Germans from Russia | Kathy Brehm LaPella | 7 |
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