Surname · also Yiddish

Bronfenbrenner

Bronfenbrenner is a surname from Yiddish, ultimately from German.

Original GermanBrenner

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bronfenbrenner comes from Yiddish, and ultimately from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Yiddish בראָנפֿן, from German Brenner.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bronfenbrenner’s family of names

In English usage, Bronfenbrenner as a surname was borrowed from the German form BRENNER.

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