Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword brown.
usage
meaning
Barker English
From Middle English bark meaning "to tan". This was an occupational name for a leather tanner.
Barna Hungarian
Means "brown" in Hungarian.
Biondo Italian
Variant of Biondi.
Braun German
Means "brown" in German.
Braune German
Variant of Braun.
Bronson English
Patronymic form of Brown.
Brown English
Originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin. A notable bearer is Charlie Brown from the Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz.
Browne English
Variant of Brown.
Brownlow English
From Old English brun meaning "brown" and hlaw meaning "mound, small hill". The name was probably given to a family living on a small hill covered with bracken.
Bruhn German
Variant of Braun.
Bruin Dutch
Dutch cognate of Brown.
Brun French, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Means "brown" in French, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. It was originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin.
Brune German
Variant of Braun.
Brunet French
From a diminutive of French brun meaning "brown".
Brunetti Italian
Diminutive of Bruno.
Bruno Italian, Portuguese
Means "brown" in Italian and Portuguese, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes.
Burnett English
Means "brown" in Middle English, from Old French brunet, a diminutive of brun.
Chastain French
From Old French castan "chestnut tree" (Latin castanea), a name for someone who lived near a particular chestnut tree, or possibly a nickname for someone with chestnut-coloured hair.
De Bruijn Dutch
Dutch cognate of Brown.
De Bruin Dutch
Dutch cognate of Brown.
Donne Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.
Dunn English, Scottish, Irish
Derived from Old English dunn "dark" or Gaelic donn "brown", referring to hair colour or complexion.
Lebrun French
From a nickname meaning "the brown", from French brun "brown".
Pardo Spanish
Means "brown" in Spanish, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair.
Rojas Spanish
Variant of Rojo.
Rossi Italian
Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus meaning "red". This is the most common surname in Italy.
Rossini Italian
Diminutive form of Rossi. A famous bearer was the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).
Rousseau French
Diminutive of Roux. A famous bearer was the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) whose ideas influenced the French Revolution.
Roussel French
French form of Russell.
Russell English
From a Norman French nickname that meant "little red one", perhaps originally describing a person with red hair.
Russo Italian
Variant of Rossi.