Etymology

Bruning

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The story

North/Low German and Dutch surname, from the old Germanic name *Bruno, related to modern Brun, and ultimately from the adjective bruin (“brown”). Compare Bruening.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.