German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from the
city of Braunschweig in Lower Saxony, known in English as
Brunswick. The place name is from the genitive case of the Germanic
personal name Bruno (borne by the Duke of Saxony who founded
the city in 861) + Old Saxon wik ‘dwelling place’,
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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