Brill
in the US
There are 8,030 people with the last name "Brill" in the United States.
Ranking in the US
| Name | Rank |
|---|---|
| Brill | 3,463 |
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Meaning & History
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of various places in northwestern Germany and the Netherlands named Brill, from Middle Low German brūl, bröil ‘wet lowland’.
German: from Middle Low German brill ‘eyeglasses’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spectacles or perhaps a nickname for someone who wore them.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): acronymic surname from Hebrew ben rabi ‘son of … ’ and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name, most likely Yude (Juda) Leyb. Many Ashkenazic family names beginning with Br- and Bar- are probably of acronymic origin, but without detailed evidence from family histories it is impossible to specify the personal name from which each is derived.
