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.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● 942 Brun (nom) UrkStyria 22;
1114 Bruno (nom) ibid. 100b;
c1120 Brun (nom) ibid. 103;
c1125 Brun (nom) ibid. 115;
1281 Bruno (nom) ChronSH p. 13
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Bruno (nom) JeanIII p. 24
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Bruni (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 20
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1390 Brun BbRT p. 339;
1428 Brun ibid. p. 353
- France
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- Latin
- ● c1120 Brunus (nom) CartNoyers CDXXXVI;
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
- Old French
- ● 1303 Brune (obl) ArchReimsII1 XL
- Middle French
- ● 1392 Bruneau MemBret-II col. 609
- ◑ 1392 Brunet MemBret-II col. 605;
1415[1469x1471] Brunel Waurin p. 228
- 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;
954 Brunonis (gen) UrkStyria 23;
961 Prunonis (gen) ibid. 24;
1005 Bruno (nom) quix-vol1 56;
1112 Bruno (nom) ibid. 26,
Brunonis (gen) ibid. 26;
1114 Brunonis (gen) UrkStyria 100b,
Brvnonis (gen) ibid. 99;
1136 Bruno (nom) quix-vol1 98;
1153 Bruno (nom) ibid. 30;
1165 Bruno (nom) ibid. 93;
1200 Brunonis (gen) hennes-vol1 5;
1212 Brunone (abl) quix-vol2 125;
1229 Bruno (nom) CDL-1.1.1 X;
1258 Bruno (nom) hennes-vol1 185;
1259 Bruno (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XXXI,
Brunone (abl) hennes-vol1 186;
1271 Bruno (nom) ibid. 221;
1273 Brunonis (gen) ibid. 229;
1322 Pruno (nom) SMM p. 157
- ◑ 1322 Prunallus (nom) SMM p. 162
- Early New High German
- ● 1420 Brún (nom) UrkRott-1 855
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1366 Bruni (gen) Livi 13;
1470 Brunonis (gen) RCCaetani6 730
- ◑ 1282 Brunolus (nom) BBC-Berg p. XLVIII;
1285 Brunatii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 157;
1367 Brunellini (gen) Livi 169
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1287 Bruno (nom) RigSB 124,
Brunoni (dat) ibid. 126;
1290 Bruno (nom) ibid. 134,
Brunoni (dat) ibid. 614,
Brunonis (gen) ibid. 589;
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
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● 1387 brunonis (gen) GesOIJ-1 p. 305
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Brun". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Brun.