Brach Family History

German: topographic name from Middle High German brache ‘fallow land pastureland’ originally ‘newly plowed land’. Alternatively a habitational name from any of the places called Braach (Hesse) or Brach (Baden-Württemberg, Franconia).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Barach.

English: topographic name from Middle English breche, Old English brǣc, brēc ‘newly cultivated land’ (a derivative of brecan ‘to break’ i.e. ‘land broken by the plow’) or a habitational name from any of the places called with this element as for example Brache in Luton, Bedfordshire and Breach in Maulden, Bedfordshire.