Bruin (surname)

Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames. They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno.^[1][2] The form "the brown" (De Bruin, De Bruine, De Bruijn, De Bruyn and De Bruyne) is more common.

Notable people with the surname include:

Bruin

• James J. Bruin (1898–1949), Massachusetts politician
• Jan Bruin (born 1969), Dutch footballer
• Joseph Bruin (1809–1882), American slave trader
• Will Bruin (born 1989), American soccer player

Bruijn

• Antonie Augustus Bruijn (1842–1890), Dutch navy officer, merchant and naturalist
  • Named after him: Bruijn's brushturkey and Bruijn's Riflebird
• Jaap R. Bruijn (1938–2022), Dutch maritime historian
• Jordy Bruijn (born 1996), Dutch football midfielder

Bruyn

• Andrew DeWitt Bruyn (1790–1838), New York politician
• Barthel Bruyn the Elder (1493–1555), Cologne Renaissance painter
• Barthel Bruyn the Younger (c.1530–c.1608), Cologne Renaissance painter
• Jan Bruyn (born 1948), Dutch rower
• Maurice Bruyn (1386–1466), English knight (name derived from "Brun")

Bruins

• Bruno Bruins (born 1963), Dutch politician
• Eppo Bruins (born 1969), Dutch politician
• Hanke Bruins Slot (born 1977), Dutch politician
• Jan Bruins (1940–1997), Dutch motorcycle road racer
• Luigi Bruins (born 1987), Dutch footballer
• Mary Bruins Allison (1903–1994), American doctor and missionary
• Récardo Bruins Choi (born 1985), Dutch-Korean racecar driver
• Regina Bruins (born 1986), Dutch racing cyclist
• Rika Bruins (1934–2025), Dutch swimmer
• Siert Bruins (1921–2015), Dutch collaborator with Nazi Germany
• Theo Bruins (1929–1993), Dutch pianist and composer
• Tonny Bruins Slot (1947–2020), Dutch football coach

Bruyns

• Mark Bruyns (born 1973), South African cricketer