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The bruse Surname

bruse Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from a short form of the medieval personal name Ambrosius (see Ambrose). Perhaps from the Slavic stem Brus (as in Brusky or the place name Bruschewitz).
  2. Swedish: possibly from a Nordic personal name Bruse, from Old Norse brúsi ‘he-goat’.

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