Braunschweig Family History
Braunschweig Name Meaning
German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from the city of Braunschweig in Lower Saxony known in English as Brunswick. The placename is from the genitive case of the ancient Germanic personal name Bruno (borne by the Duke of Saxony who founded the city in 861) + Old Saxon wīk ‘dwelling place’ ‘settlement’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022