"Brin" meaning in English

See Brin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Brins [plural]
Etymology: * As a Jewish surname, from Brin, the Yiddish name for Brno. * Also as a Jewish surname, from Hebrew בן [script needed] (rabi, “son of..”), similar to Brill. * As a French surname, from the adjective brin (“loud, quarrelsome”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|yi|-}} Yiddish, {{der|en|he|בן}} Hebrew בן, {{der|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Brins}} Brin (plural Brins)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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