Given name & surname

Bruster

Bruster is a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Bruster isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Bruster through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1900
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Bruster in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1900–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1900. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 524 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.

Similar names

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

 

Bruner

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>99% boys

 

Shafter

Shafter is a surname.

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>99% boys

 

Armster

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>99% boys

 

Evester

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>99% boys

English

Hobson

“the son of Robert”

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>99% boys

 

Wert

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>99% boys

Germanic

Goebel

“good”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Old English

Warder

“guard”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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