Brown

From Middle English Broun, originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion. In the United States, sometimes an anglicization and translation of German Braun. Doublet of Bruno and Braun.

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• Rhymes: -aʊn

Brown (countable and uncountable, plural Browns)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname.
   2. An Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, a translation of de Brún.
2. A locale in the United States.
   1. An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.
   2. An unincorporated community in Louisiana; named for landowner George W. Brown.
   3. An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Robert H. Brown.
   4. An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early settler John Brown.
   5. A ghost town in Nevada.
   6. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Brown Township.
3. Brown University.

• (surname): Browne, Broun

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brown is the 4^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,425,470 individuals. Brown is most common among White (58.0%) and Black/African American (35.6%) individuals.

Brown (plural Browns)

1. Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”)

Brown (comparative more Brown, superlative most Brown)

1. (chiefly US, often Canada and UK) Alternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”)

Borrowed from English Brown.

• IPA^(key): /bʁawn/, /bʁɔwn/

Brown ?

1. a surname from English

Brown

1. a surname