Brust Family History

German: from Middle High German brust ‘chest breast’; also ‘vest armor’ presumably a nickname for someone with a particularly broad chest or alternatively for the wearer of a distinctive upper garment or protection. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

Swiss German: topographic name for someone living near a down-fault in a mountain range probably a crevasse from Brust a noun derivative of bresten ‘to burst’.

French: variant of Broust from Old French brost ‘shoot young growth’ a topographic name for someone who lived by an area of low growth suitable for grazing. Alternatively at least in Alsace and Lorraine a surname of German origin (see 1 above).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): presumably from German Brust ‘chest’ (see 1 above) or from the Yiddish equivalent brust.