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Brüning is an ancient Anglo-Saxon name. It was a name given to a person who was a person with brown hair or a dark complexion. The surname Brüning is derived from the Old English word bruning, which was in common usage until the 14th century. 1 This word is itself a derivative of the word brun, which means brown. The name was in usage as a personal name as early as 1086, when Bruning de Cestretona was recorded as a holding lands in Cambridgeshire. 2

Early Origins of the Brüning family

The surname Brüning was first found in Cambridgeshire but by the time of the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, the name had scattered throughout most of ancient Britain. By example, that rolls listed Henry Brunwyne, Staffordshire; John Brunwyn, Suffolk; Richard Brunwyn, Lincolnshire; Avice Bruning, Cambridgeshire; John Bruning, Norfolk; Roger Bruning, London; and Ivo Brunig, Huntingdonshire. 3

Kirby's Quest listed the name as a forename and a surname: Brounyng le Fox, Somerset, 1 Edward I; and Brounyng Bycheheye, Somerset, 1 Edward I (during the first year of King Edward I's reign.) 4

"Browning is an old and often distinguished county name: there was an ancient family of this name at Cowley, [in Oxfordshire] where they long resided." 5

As time moved on, spellings changed. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included Agnes Brownyng, a spelling closer to the spellings used today. 3

A little further to the north in Scotland, early records there included John Brwnyng, as one of the "burgenses rure manentes" of Aberdeen, 1317, and "Sir John Browning was sheriff there in 1328. Willelmus Bronnyng in the parish of Fyvy was excommunicated in 1382. " 6

Early History of the Brüning family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brüning research. Another 199 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1291, 1328, 1382, 1580, 1584, 1634, 1639, 1647, 1658, 1664, 1667 and 1682 are included under the topic Early Brüning History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Brüning Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Brüning has appeared include Browning, Brownyng, Bruning, Brownigg, Brownygg and many more.

Early Notables of the Brüning family

Notables of the family at this time include John Browning (fl. 1584), English divine, matriculated as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, on 14 Nov. 1658. On 8 July 1580 Browning was created D.D. at Oxford. Another John Browning was...
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Brüning Ranking

In the United States, the name Brüning is the 13,337^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 7

Brüning migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Brüning arrived in North America very early:

Brüning Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

StolTel Bruning, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 8
Johan Bruning, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 8

Brüning Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Henrietta Bruning, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 8
Gert Bruning, who arrived in America in 1836 8
Clara Bruning, aged 28, who arrived in America in 1836 8
Heinr Bruning, who arrived in America in 1837 8
Albert F Bruning, aged 21, who landed in Missouri in 1839 8
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Brüning migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 9

Brüning Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Jo Bruning, aged 20, who landed in St Christopher in 1635 8
Mr. John Bruning, (b. 1615), aged 20, British settler traveling aboard the ship "Matthew" arriving in St Christopher (Saint Kitts) in 1635 10

Contemporary Notables of the name Brüning (post 1700) +

Melissa Bruning (b. 1971), American Costume Designers Guild Award nominated costume designer, known for her work in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Wild (2014) and Let Me In (2010)
Jon Bruning (b. 1969), American politician and lawyer, Attorney General of the state of Nebraska
Richard Bruning (b. 1953), American graphic designer and comics creator, current Senior Vice-President-Creative Director of DC Comics
Walter Frank Bruning (b. 1923), American architect
Theodore Bruning, American Republican politician, Candidate for Mayor of Bellmawr, New Jersey, 1930 11
Robert W. Bruning, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964 11
Jon Bruning (b. 1969), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 2004 11
Anthony Bruning (1716-1776), English Jesuit, eldest son of George Bruning of East Meon and Foxfield, Hampshire 12
Heinrich Bruning (1885-1970), German politician, Chancellor of Germany from 1930 to 1932
Anne Bruning, Australian Film Institute Award nominated production manager, known for her work on The Lovely Bones (2009), King Kong (2005) and The Last Samurai (2003)
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's (Retrieved October 4th 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 5 Feb. 2019