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Origin of Bro Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Brockhill Old English means Badger hill Original spelling is Brochyle Surnames: Brockhill Submitted by: glitz Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Brochwell Welsh Celtic origin means Badger prince This family is suppose to have descended from the Royal House of Powys ---the tribe of Brochwel Ysgythrog Surnames: Brochwell, Brochwel Submitted by: glitz Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Brocksley English origin means from the badger meadow Surnames: Brocksley Submitted by: glitz Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Broadbent was a village listed in the Salford 100 as being 1.5 miles NE of Oldham. The word is derived from "broad" i.e. "wide expanse of" and "bent" a course grass which grows on the moors around Oldham. Surnames: Broadbent Submitted by: Anne R. Broadbent Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Brouwer is a dutch name, that also means "Brewery" Surnames: Brouwer Submitted by: Peter Brouwer Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Ellerbrock kommt von "Erlen Bruch". Im Holsteinischen ein Name f?r eine Ansammlung von Erlenbaeumen Surnames: Ellerbrock, Ellerbrook Submitted by: Tim Ellerbrock Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: immortal Surnames: Ambrozaitis Submitted by: Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: There are several different theories as to the origin of the Brownell name. One source indicates that it is locational in origin, meaning "dweller near a brown spring; or at the brown slope or corner." According to a second source the name was given to its first bearer because of his brunette or brownish complexion and was probably first adopted as a surname by the sons of one so called. Both these sources claim the name to be English in origin. A third source, however, states that the name Brownell is French in origin and in English means "dweller at Brown Hill." Surnames: Brownell Submitted by: patrick brownell Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: caming from Imbros island ( in Greece ) Surnames: imbrogno Submitted by: Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: THE ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME BROGAN IS FROM A PLACE CALLED COUNTY MAYO IN IRELAND Surnames: BROGAN Submitted by: Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Brouillet dit Lavigueur Surnames: Brouillette Submitted by: Kelly Brouillette Willis Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Polish orgin, ziobro = rib bone Surnames: ziobro Submitted by: Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Brothers is Irish and means - "the son of" Surnames: Brothers Submitted by: Ray Brothers Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: It means settlement ("borough") upon an escarpment - A steep slope or long cliff resulting from erosion or faulting and separating two relatively level areas of differing elevations. While SCARBOROUGH, Yorkshire, UK is an English town on the North Shore, SCARBROUGH comes from Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. Surnames: Scarbrough Submitted by: David Scarbrough Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: CALABRO Surnames: Calabro Submitted by: Origin of Bro, Meaning of Bro Origin: Malbrough (pronunciation - mal-broh) has German creole origins.Nicolas Marcoff, born 1707 born in Germany,had his last name mispronounced by the French in Louisiana.Marcoff or Manhoffer evolved into Malbrough with many different spellings depending on region:Malbraux,Malbro,Malrou,Malbru,Marhober,Malbreaux,Malbroue and Malbrque.Germanic languages spoken by the first settlers in L.A. eventually was replaced by French.Most of the residents were French but,had German surnames.Generations later French ,Spanish,African,Irish,Italians and "Les Gens de Couleur Libres-People of Color" married into the Malbrough family line which resulted in different surname spellings throughout the generations. Surnames: MALBROUGH & SANON Submitted by: Ricardo D'Haiti 11/25/2009 12:45 AM Page 2 of 2

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