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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:
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.)
The name also originates independently in the United States, as an Anglicization of other surnames, such as the German Braun, or other surnames with similar meanings. [5] It can also arise as a translation from the Gaelic Donn ("brown"). [5] [9] The Mac A Brehon clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Brown or Browne since about 1800. [10]
The meaning is brown (brun in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian). 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.
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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.
The more usual form of the surname Broun is Brown. [1] It is an extremely common name and is usually a reference to colouring. [1] The historian, Black, asserts that Browns of Celtic origin might have been named after their descent from native judges, who were known as brehons.
Celeste or Céleste is a given name or surname which derives from the Latin caelestis, meaning heavenly or celestial. [1] ... Dagmar Braun Celeste (born 1941), ...