Bruun is a surname of

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origin. The meaning is ''brown'' (''brun'' in

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and

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). In

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, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. 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

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(c. 0.02% of the population), the

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and the other

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(even less frequent). In the Danish translation of ''

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is called Søren Brun.

Abundance

As of 2007, the numbers of bearers of the surnames Bruun, Bruhn and Brun in the

are: The infrequent occurrences of Bruun as a surname outside Scandinavia, mainly Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the U.S.,University of Copenhagen - Name Research Section
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from the

; in Germany possibly as a variation over the given name ''Bruno''.

Notable people

Persons with Bruun as their surname

Anders Bruun Anders Bruun (born 15 May 1979) is a Swedish bandy player who currently plays for Västerås SK as a defender. Career Bruun is a youth product of IFK Motala and has represented their senior team, Västerås, and Volga The Volga (; russian ...

(born 1979), a Swedish bandy player *

Angelo Bruun Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Rom ...

(1898–1956), a Danish actor *

Anton Frederik Bruun Anton Frederik Bruun (14 December 1901 – 13 December 1961) was a Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist. Educated at University of Copenhagen (1926) and employed at the Danish Commission for Marine Research (Kommissionen for Danmarks Fiskeri- ...

(1901–1961), Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist *

Antti Bruun Antti Bruun (born 9 November 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. Bruun played in the Liiga for Ilves, SaiPa, Lukko and HPK. He also played in Sweden's Elitserien for Mora IK and HockeyAllsvenskan for the Malmö Redhaw ...

(1979 -), Finnish ice hockey player *

Bertel Bruun Bertel Bruun (November 13, 1937 – September 21, 2011) was a naturalist, international conservationist and neurologist. Bruun wrote many books and was the co-author of The Golden Field Guide to Birds of North America first published in 1966. H ...

(1937–2011), a Danish-American ornithologist and illustrator * Bertel Kehlet Bruun - (1964 -), a Danish-German landscape architect *

Birgitte Bruun Birgitte Price (earlier known as Birgitte Bruun; 29 April 1934 – 17 July 1997) was a Danish actress of the 1950s and 1960s. Filmography *''Det store løb'' (1952) *''Far til fire'' (1953) *'' Farlig Ungdom'' (1953) *''Father of Four in the S ...

(1953 -), a Danish actress * Caius Andreas Bruun (1967 -), a Finnish artist photographer * Christian Bruun (1831–1906), a Danish historian and head of the Danish Royal Library *

Malte Conrad Bruun Malte is a male given name that is mainly used in Denmark, Sweden and Germany, which is from Old Danish ''Malti''. It originated from ''Helmhold / Helmwald'' ("helmet-govern") or from former Low German and Old Danish short form of Old German names ...

(1755–1826), a Danish-French geographer and journalist *

Daniel Bruun Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

(1856–1931), a Danish military officer, archaeologist and author *

Edgar Bruun Edgar Bruun (4 August 1905 – 30 October 1985) was a Norway, Norwegian race walking, race walker. Achievements External linksNorwegian international athletes - B 1905 births 1985 deaths Norwegian male racewalkers Danish-language surnames Norwegian-language surnames Swedish-language surnames {{Brown-surname