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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