Surnames Categorized "brown"

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BARNA Hungarian
Means "brown" in Hungarian.

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.

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.

BRUN German
From Middle High German brun meaning "brown". It was originally a nickname for a person who had brown hair or skin.

BRUNO Italian
Means "brown" in Italian, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes.

DONNE Scottish, Irish
From Gaelic donn meaning "brown", a nickname for a person with brown hair.

DONNELLY Irish
From Irish Ó Donnghaile meaning "descendant of Donnghal". The given name Donnghal means "brown valour", from donn "brown" and gal "valour". This surname is associated with the descendants of Niall of the Nine Hostages.

DONOVAN Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ó Donndubháin meaning "descendant of DONNDUBHÁN".

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".

NAVARRO Spanish
Denoted a person who came from Navarre in northern Spain (Spanish Navarra). The name of the region is of Basque origin, possibly from nabar meaning "brown".