Given name & surname
Braun
“having great strength”
Braun is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “having great strength.”
Original GermanBruno
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “having great strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Braun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 381
- 381 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,357 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,357 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 389 as a first name in 2020; 33,654 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Braun’s family of names
In English usage, Braun as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Brown. In German usage, Braun has a related form in Bruno. Braun has a related form in Braune.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Braun has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Braun comes from · 15 names
Nicknames & forms 29
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Brunovariant · German
- Breunlevariant · German
- Braeunlevariant · German
- Bräunlevariant · German
- Brunsvariant · German
- Brunckevariant · German
- Brunevariant · German
- Brunvariant · German
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- Bruhnsvariant · German
- Bruhnvariant · German
- Braunsvariant · German
- Bräunleinvariant · German
- Braunertvariant · German
- Braunervariant · German
- Braunevariant · German
- Brawnyvariant
- Brawneyvariant
- Brawneavariant
- Brawneevariant
- Brawnievariant
- Brawnivariant
- Brauneavariant
- Brauneevariant
- Brauneyvariant
- Braunyvariant
- Braunievariant
- Braunivariant
- Brawnevariant
- Brawnvariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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