brin

brin · noun¹

1. French · derived frombrin
2. English todaybrin

Of unknown origin ; perhaps French brin

Brin · proper noun²

* As a Jewish surname, from Brin, the Yiddish name for Brno. * Also as a Jewish surname, from a Hebrew acronym בן רבי (ben rabi, “son of rabbi”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, similar to Brill. * As a French surname, from the adjective brin (“loud, quarrelsome”).