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The best I can do is quote Basil Cottle in the Penguin Dictionary of Surnames, probably leaving you no wiser.
'Some place in Normandy - ?"Briouze", Orne; ?"Le Brus", Calvados; not, apparently "Brix", Manche; the first is ?"muddy" O[ld] F[rench] from Gaulish, the second ?"heath" Gaulish or ??"maple" OF.'
'Some place in Normandy - ?"Briouze", Orne; ?"Le Brus", Calvados; not, apparently "Brix", Manche; the first is ?"muddy" O[ld] F[rench] from Gaulish, the second ?"heath" Gaulish or ??"maple" OF.'
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Thank you very much. Yes, I am not much the wiser, but, I must get a copy of that book. So, not all is lost. ;)
It is just frustrating to me. My husband has a strange fascination with Bruce Campbell and wants to name our first son after him. The problem arises when I try to find the meanings and 'earliest recognized form' of the names. I am practically obsessed, lol. I am trying to talk him into Campbell either way, even though it means 'crooked mouth.'
Thanks again!
It is just frustrating to me. My husband has a strange fascination with Bruce Campbell and wants to name our first son after him. The problem arises when I try to find the meanings and 'earliest recognized form' of the names. I am practically obsessed, lol. I am trying to talk him into Campbell either way, even though it means 'crooked mouth.'
Thanks again!
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