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Name Brush
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Scottish (Rare)
Other Forms FormsBhruis (Scottish Gaelic)
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Meaning & History
Quite literally means "brush". Might derive from the Scottish Gaelic word bhrus which means "brush", or the Latin root br which means "explained". Was a nickname for those described to 'look like a brush'(i.e. hair that sticks up, thin with a big head, etc.)