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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BROWNLEE

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Scottish and English: habitational name from Brownlee in Lanarkshire or Brownley in Warwickshire, both named with Old English brun ‘brown’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)