The story
- Old English · derived frombrūn“brown”
- English todayBrownlee
Habitational surname from Old English brūn (“brown”) + lēah (“clearing in a forest”). Equivalent to brown + -lee (“lea”); compare Brown.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbrūn all →
BrownlowBrownriggbroon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.