Brun

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Old Swedish
Swedish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Danish and Old Swedish form of Brúnn ^[1]

2) German equivalent form of Brúnn: Old High German brun = 'brown, shining' ^[2]

Related Names

See Brúnn

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		0	8	1	10
Denmark[4]		0	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[5]		0	0	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	3	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Brun.

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi