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Type Surname (from location)
Usage German

Meaning & History

Eastern German topographic name for someone who lived by a birch wood, ultimately derived from the Slavic stem bres "birch".
Added 5/22/2010 by phenenna
Edited 3/11/2022 by Frollein Gladys