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Type Surname (from nickname)

Meaning & History

Dutch and North German: from Old French and Middle Dutch bras ‘arm’. This was probably a descriptive nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the arm, but the word was also used as a measure of length, and may also have denoted a surveyor.
Added 6/24/2017 by TanorFaux


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User submission Brás