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Braun is a surname, originating from the German word for the color brown. In German, Braun is pronounced – except for the "r", equal to the English word "brown". In English, it is often pronounced like "brawn". Notable people with the name include:
Brown is an English-language surname in origin chiefly descriptive of a person with brown hair, complexion or clothing. It is one of the most common surnames in English-speaking countries. [ 2 ] It is the most common surname in Jamaica, the second most common in Canada and the United Kingdom, [ 3 ] and the fourth most common in Australia and ...
Bruno is a given name and surname of Old Irish, French, Italian, Latin and Germanic origin. In the Latin languages, it comes from Brunus, An Bru’, Brun, and Brugh; Bruno is a Latin name as well as Germanic (Braun) name composed of the root brun-, which can mean burnished (polished, brown, with luste), also present in the words/names braun (in German) and brown (in English) and Bruno (in Latin.)
In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. [1] Other spelling variants are Bruhn and Brun. Today, c. 0.1% of the population carries Bruun as their surname or middle name. The name is also in use in Norway (c. 0.02% of the population), the Faroe Islands and the other Nordic countries (even less ...
Braum is a surname. It is an Americanized form of the German surname Brahm, as well as an Ashkenazi Jewish surname which may have originated as a variant of Braun. [1] The 2010 United States Census found 250 people with the surname Braum, making it the 76,768th-most-common name in the country.
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach, the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England. [3]
Brauner is a Swedish noble family, with eldest primogenitor the vicar Nicolaus Brodderi Braun (1617-1692) in Madesjö, Nybro, Diocese of Växjö. The County Governor sv:Johan Brauner (1668-1743) was ennobled (n:o 1490) in 1715 by King Charles XII of Sweden ; elevated to Freiherr in 1731 by King Frederick I of Sweden .
Tamara is a variant of the Hebrew feminine given name Tamar, a biblical name. [a] The variant originated in the Russian language and spread into other languages through Russian. [5] [4] In Russia, where Tamara is associated with Tamar of Georgia, [6] [7] [b] the name remains popular and frequently appears in Russian literature.