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Re: Surname
by Jim Young (guest)
10/21/2005, 3:56 AM
in reply to a message by Jacqueline Brain
According to Reaney, brain meant "mad" or "furious" in Middle English (late medieval), and that's the meaning of the surname, which is English.
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Surname  ·  Jacqueline Brain  ·  10/21/2005, 2:15 AM
•Re: Surname  ·  Jim Young  ·  10/21/2005, 3:56 AM