Bruun Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Behind the Bruun surname stands Brun, a French name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Its meaning, shared with Brun, is “Brown-haired”.

• Bruun adds “u” to Brun, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.
• Related forms: Lebrun, Brungs and Bruijn.
• About 520 people in the United States were recorded as Bruun in 2010, placing it 41,799 on the national list. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Bruun coat of arms

Arms linked to Brun and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Bruun family name pack.