Bruin (surname)

Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno.[1][2] The form "the brown" (De Bruin, De Bruine, De Bruijn, De Bruyn and De Bruyne) is more common.

Notable people with the surname include:

Bruin
Bruijn
Bruyn
Bruins
Bruyns

See also

  • Joe Bruin, mascot of the University of California, Los Angeles sports teams

References

  1. Bruin at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
  2. Bruin at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.
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