Jewish (Ashkenazic):
acronymic surname from Hebrew ben rabi ‘son of …’, and the
first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. See
also Brill.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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