Brun
m.
Old High German brûn, Old English brún, Latin brunus 'brown', from Proto-Germanic brūnaz 'grey, brown'.
The name of a 10th C German saint, two 11th C German saints, an 11th C Italian saint, and the baptismal name of two popes from the 10th and 11th C.
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Bruno (nom) JeanIII p. 24
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1390 Brun BbRT p. 339;
1428 Brun ibid. p. 353
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1378 Bruni (gen) hanquetvol1 228
- ◑ 1055 Brunitus (nom) StVdM-II 739;
1080x1105 Bruneto (abl) ibid. 699;
1260 Brunello (abl) ArrestReg-volI III, Ascension,
Brunellus (nom) ibid. III, Ascension;
1378 Brunelli (gen) hanquetvol1 550
- Middle French
- ● 1392 Bruneau MemBret-II col. 609
- ◑ 1392 Brunet MemBret-II col. 605
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Brun (nom) TradCorb §110,
Bruno (nom) ibid. §141;
947 Brun (nom) quix-vol1 12;
948 Brun (nom) ibid. 88,
Brün (nom) ibid. 88;
1005 Bruno (nom) ibid. 56;
1112 Bruno (nom) ibid. 26,
Brunonis (gen) ibid. 26;
1136 Bruno (nom) ibid. 98;
1153 Bruno (nom) ibid. 30;
1165 Bruno (nom) ibid. 93;
1200 Brunonis (gen) hennes-vol1 5
- Italy
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- Latin
- ◑ 1282 Brunolus (nom) BBC-Berg p. XLVIII;
1285 Brunatii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1287 Bruno (nom) RigSB 124,
Brunoni (dat) ibid. 126;
1290 Bruno (nom) ibid. 134;
1295 Brunonis (gen) ibid. 356;
1297 Brunoni (dat) ibid. 75;
1304 Bruno (nom) ibid. 201;
1307 Bruno (nom) ibid. 203;
1319 Brunoni (dat) ibid. 320
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Brun". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Brun.