Brau
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Two possible origins:
- Borrowed from South German Bräu, an occupational surname from a shortened form of an agent noun denoting a brewer;
- Borrowed from Catalan and southern French Brau, a nickname from Catalan brau (“brave, fierce”) or Occitan brau (“wild”).
Proper noun[edit]
Brau (plural Braus)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Brau is the 41799th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Brau is most common among White (77.12%) and Hispanic/Latino (20.96%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 218.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Hautes-Pyrénées.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Brau m or f
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Most prevalent in Sardinia.[1] Borrowed from Sardinian, derived from a dialectal variant of the adjective bravo (“wild, untamed”). This surname is also found in Catalan and Occitan.
Proper noun[edit]
Brau m or f by sense
- a surname from Sardinian
Descendants[edit]
- English: Brau
References[edit]
- ^ Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
Further reading[edit]
- Forebears (Italian)
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
Anagrams[edit]
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