Surname

Brunning

Brunning is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

As an English surname, it comes from Old English Brūning.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English Brūning.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Brunning’s family of names

In English usage, Brunning as a surname has a related form in BRUNING.

Walk Brunning’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Brunning, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Burling

Burling is a surname from Old English.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old English

Brundall

“broomy, overgrown with broom”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Brunton

“stream”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Brummell

“broom”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Brownrigg

“brown”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Beeching

“stream, brook”

No U.S. birth series

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German

Denning

Denning is a surname from Old English, ultimately from German.

No U.S. birth series

84% boys · 16% girls

Old English

Worthing

“enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Brunning’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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