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Browne

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Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown, meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French le Brun with similar meaning.[1] The Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800.[2] The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the Spanish surname Pardo.[3]

Given name

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  • Browne Bushell (bap. 1609, d. 1651), English Civil War-era naval officer
  • Browne Langrish (died 1759), English physician and medical author
  • Browne C. Lewis (c. 1962–2022), dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquary, author, numismatist and member of the House of Commons

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 59
  2. ^ "GulliverIreland.com". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20.
  3. ^ "The Pardo (Prado) Family". 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2015.