Brilliant Family History
Brilliant Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Brillant
‘diamond of the finest cut’ (from French brillant, present
participle of briller ‘to shine or glitter’), or from the
Polish cognate brylant, which has the same meaning, or from the
Yiddish cognate brilyant, which has a more general meaning,
‘diamond’, ‘jewel’. Compare Diamond.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Brilliant Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brilliant families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brilliant census records
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Brilliant Family Origin
Brilliant Emigration Information (US)
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Brilliant Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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