Bru Family History
Bru Name Meaning
Catalan: from the Catalan personal name Bru equivalent to Bruno or a nickname from Catalan bru ‘dark (hair or skin)’ for someone of dark hair and skin. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named in western Norway from bru ‘bridge’. French: topographic name for someone who lived on moorland from Old Occitan bruc ‘heather heath’ or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word for example Bru in Lot or Le Bru in Cantal Corrèze and Dordogne. French: variant of Brun . French: relationship name from bru ‘daughter-in-law’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022