Brown

See also: brown

English

Etymology

From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aʊn

Proper noun

Brown (countable and uncountable, plural Browns)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname.
   2. An Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, a translation of de Brún.
2. A locale in the United States.
   1. An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.
   2. An unincorporated community in Louisiana; named for landowner George W. Brown.
   3. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Robert H. Brown.
   4. An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early settler John Brown.
   5. A ghost town in Nevada.
   6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brown Township.
3. Brown University.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Browne, Broun

Derived terms

• Brown clustering
• Brown County
• Brownian
• Brownism
• Brownist
• Brownite
• Brownsville

 

Translations

transliterations of the English name "Brown"

• Arabic: بْرَاوْن (brāwn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布朗 (zh) (Bùlǎng)

• Hebrew: בראון
• Hindi: ब्राउन (brāun)
• Japanese: ブラウン (ja) (Buraun)
• Korean: 브라운 (Beuraun)
• Maori: Parāone
• Persian: براون
• Russian: Бра́ун (ru) m or f (Bráun), Бро́ун m or f (Bróun) (traditional form for some famous people)

surname meaning "brown", or indicating a dark complexion

• Afrikaans: de Bruyn, de Bruyns, Bruyn, Bruyns, de Bruin, de Bruins
• Catalan: Bru (ca)
• Danish: Brun, Bruun
• Dutch: Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn, Bruyns, Bruins, de Bruyne, de Bruyn, de Bruin, de Bruine, de Bruijn, de Bruijne
• Finnish: Rusko (fi)
• French: Lebrun (fr), Brun (fr), Brunet (fr)
• German: Braun (de), Braune (de), Brun, Brune, Bruhn
• Hungarian: Barna (hu)
• Italian: Bruno (it), Bruni, Brunetti, Moro (it), Mori, Marrone, Mora (it), Moretti
• Norwegian: Brun, Bruun
• Polish: Brązowski
• Portuguese: Castanho, Moreno (pt)
• Spanish: Castaño (es), Moreno (es), Pardo (es)
• Swedish: Brun (sv), Bruun

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brown is the 4^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,425,470 individuals. Brown is most common among White (58.0%) and Black/African American (35.6%) individuals.

Noun

Brown (plural Browns)

1. Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”)

Adjective

Brown (comparative more Brown, superlative most Brown)

1. (chiefly US, often Canada and UK) Alternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”)

See also

• Browne

 

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Brown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁawn/, /bʁɔwn/

Proper noun

Brown ?

1. a surname from English

Scots

Proper noun

Brown

1. a surname