English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by
a briar patch, Middle English brere. This was also applied as a
nickname for a prickly, difficult person.Scottish and northern
Irish: reduced form of McBriar (see McBrayer).Americanized form of German Breuer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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