Brüll

Bruell (Hebrew: בריל)[1] is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname that is a variant of Brüll and Bruehl.[2] The name Bruehl is a topographic last name for "someone who lived near or by a swampy area".[3] This Yiddish surname is derived from the Middle High German brüel and Middle Low German brūl which means 'swampy land with brushwood'. It can be a Jewish (western Ashkenazic) habitational name from the town Brühl in Germany as well.[2] Another meaning is possibly from the German word Brull, a dialect word meaning minnow (the fish).[4] Brull also has Sephardic origins as it was recorded in Mallorca in 1488.[1] Brüll can also be an acronym for an individual e.g. (Ben Rabbi Yehudi Leib).[5]

Brüll or Bruell is a surname.

The British surname Bruell has been identified as a variation of Brewell, derived from the village of Braithwell, West Yorkshire.[6]

Other variants of this surname include Briel, Brill and Bril. .

Notable people with the name include:

See also
  • Bruell F.C., early 20th-century American football club later known as Cleveland Bruell Insurance
  • Brull (disambiguation)
  • Bruel (disambiguation)
  • Brühl (disambiguation)

References
  1. Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva H. (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. KTAV. p. 134. ISBN 9780881252972.
  2. Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. p. 238.
  3. "Bruhl Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  4. "Meaning and Origin of Brull - FamilyEducation". www.familyeducation.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  5. Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva H. (1992). "Introduction". Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. KTAV. p. xxv. ISBN 9780881252972.
  6. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). "Brewell". The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4. Retrieved 20 May 2020. Variants: Brewill, Bruell, Braithwell
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