English, French, and Catalan: from a diminutive of brun
‘brown’ (see Brown, Brun).
German: from a personal
name (Brunhard) composed with Old High German, Old Saxon
brum ‘brown’. But this is also a Waldensian name in Germany,
in which case it is of French origin, see 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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