Brau

From Sardinian via Italian Brau or Occitan via French Brau.

Brau (plural Braus)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 218.
• Forebears

From Occitan. In France, most prevalent in Hautes-Pyrénées.[1]

• IPA^(key): /bʁo/

Brau m or f

1. a surname from Occitan, equivalent to English Brau

• Forebears
• filae.com

Most prevalent in Sardinia.[1] Borrowed from Sardinian, derived from a dialectal variant of the adjective bravo (“wild, untamed”). This surname is also found in Catalan and Occitan.

Brau m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sardinian

• English: Brau

• Forebears
• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2022

• ruba