English: either a descriptive nickname for someone with bushy
or otherwise distinctive eyebrows, from Middle English browe
‘eyebrow’, ‘eyelid’ (Old English bru), but, more likely, a
topographic name for someone who lived at the brow of a hill from a
transferred use of the same word; surnames of the type de la
Browe are recorded from the end of the 13th century.Americanized spelling of French Braud.Americanized spelling of Dutch Brouw, an occupational name
for a brewer, from a derivative of Middle High Dutch brouwen
‘to brew’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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