French (Bruyère): from Old French bruyere
‘heather’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a place
where heather grew, or a habitational name from one of the places in
France (for example in Calvados) named with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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