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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BRYNE

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(origin: Local) A river in Donegal, Ireland; in Welsh, a hill. Bryne, Saxon, a burning.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. English: variant spelling of Brine.
2. Norwegian: habitational name from a farm called Brynes, for example in Rogaland, from Old Norse brún ‘brim’, ‘edge’ + vin ‘meadow’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)