Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/14/2011 by keepitreal Edited 5/11/2015 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History English locational surname, taken from the town of the same name in Norfolk. The name means "settlement belonging to Brun" - the personal name coming from the Old English word for "fire, flame".