Bruin (surname)

Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno.^[1][2] The form "the brown" (De Bruin, De Bruine, De Bruijn, De Bruyn and De Bruyne) is more common.

Notable people with the surname include:

Bruin

• James J. Bruin (1898–1949), Massachusetts politician
• Jan Bruin (born 1969), Dutch footballer
• Joseph Bruin (1809–1882), American slave trader
• Will Bruin (born 1989), American soccer player

Bruijn

• Antonie Augustus Bruijn (1842–1890), Dutch navy officer, merchant and naturalist
  • Named after him: Bruijn's brushturkey and Bruijn's Riflebird
• Jaap R. Bruijn (1938–2022), Dutch maritime historian
• Jordy Bruijn (born 1996), Dutch football midfielder

Bruyn

• Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (1790–1838), New York politician
• Barthel Bruyn the Elder (1493–1555), Cologne Renaissance painter
• Barthel Bruyn the Younger (c.1530–c.1608), Cologne Renaissance painter
• Jan Bruyn (born 1948), Dutch rower
• Maurice Bruyn (1386–1466), English knight (name derived from "Brun")

Bruins

• Bruno Bruins (born 1963), Dutch politician
• Eppo Bruins (born 1969), Dutch politician
• Hanke Bruins Slot (born 1977), Dutch politician
• Jan Bruins (1940–1997), Dutch motorcycle road racer
• Luigi Bruins (born 1987), Dutch footballer
• Mary Bruins Allison (1903–1994), American doctor and missionary
• Récardo Bruins Choi (born 1985), Dutch-Korean racecar driver
• Regina Bruins (born 1986), Dutch racing cyclist
• Rika Bruins (born 1934), Dutch swimmer
• Siert Bruins (1921–2015), Dutch collaborator with Nazi Germany
• Theo Bruins (1929–1993), Dutch pianist and composer
• Tonny Bruins Slot (1947–2020), Dutch football coach

Bruyns

• Mark Bruyns (born 1973), South African cricketer

See also

• Joe Bruin, mascot of the University of California, Los Angeles sports teams

References

1. Bruin at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
2. Bruin at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands.