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brune Name Meaning and History

  1. German (Brüne): habitational name from Brüne in Lower Saxony or Brünen near Wesel, Lower Rhine.
  2. German: nickname meaning ‘brown’, from a dialect form (Alemannic and Low German) of Braun.
  3. French: from the feminine form of Brun.

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Distribution of brune Families in the US in 1920
Number of brune families
 42-82
 15-41
 1-14
 0
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