The story
- Old English · derived fromburna“stream”
- English todayBrunton
From a metathesized form of Old English burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). This surname is also common in Ireland.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishburna all →
bourneBurnhambrindleBrundishbrunneWinkburn
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.