Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno.[1][2] The form "the brown" (De Bruin, De Bruine, De Bruijn, De Bruyn and De Bruyne) is more common.

Notable people with the surname include:

Bruin
Bruijn
Bruyn
Bruins
Bruyns

See also

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  • Joe Bruin, mascot of the University of California, Los Angeles sports teams

References

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  1. ^ Bruin at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
  2. ^ Bruin at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.