Message: "Bruin" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Bruin

by Billina (RDNZL)

2/14/2019, 9:08 PM

I saw this on a nametag, today. He looked to be in his early 20's.

WDYT of Bruin?

Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

#Bruin

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- JemimahGertrude

2/15/2019, 10:40 PM

I wouldn't blink twice at meeting a male with the name Bruin. I wouldn't pronounce it Brew-in, though. It would be more like BR-OO (as in book)- (slight) I (as in sin) just enough to ddefine there's a second syllable)-N

BRU(i)NE

Does that even make sense?

- Parthenia (OnyxMoon)

2/15/2019, 8:53 PM

Don't like it, it doesn't sound good and seems made up.

- Angrboða (Moirrey)

2/15/2019, 5:54 PM

It makes me think of Hockey, the Bruins were who the Canucks were playing during the Stanley Cup riots, which as a Vancouverite were both terrifying and a stain on our community as a whole.

I love Bjorn. Bruno is alright too.

- number1212

2/15/2019, 5:01 PM

My dad used to jokingly call our old dog “Beastly Bruin”. That’s all I can think of.

- noel (glaucous)

2/15/2019, 9:37 AM

It's interesting. I think I'd prefer Brunas or Bruno, though. When I looked at Bruin, for a second, I saw Brain and then next second, I heard Brewin', as in "trouble brewin'".

I like Bruna more for a girl than I do any of those for a guy.

- Anneza +4

2/15/2019, 8:44 AM

Impossible where I live! It's the Afrikaans word for 'brown' and sounds a bit like bruhin but not really.

Bruno would be much nicer. I thought I met a girl Bruno once, but she turned out to be a Brunhilde instead.

- Tassiegirl +1

2/15/2019, 11:59 AM

Bruno is quite usual where I live;my daughter once had a boyfriend named Bruno.

You'd think he'd be a big dark-haired fellow, but no, average height, thin and blond.

- Shaymin

2/15/2019, 3:58 PM

I had an uncle named Bruno and he was light. It was a fairly common name among Polish-Americans during his generation. It was used an English form of Bronislaw.

- Shaymin

2/15/2019, 11:00 AM

Nevermind, isn't Bruno the word for brown in some living language?

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- Dorchadas (Lucille)

2/15/2019, 9:28 AM

As a Dutchie, I'm instantly reminded of the Dutch word bruin meaning "brown" as well. That puts me off the name, even though it is a legitimate Dutch given name:

http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Bruin (in Dutch)

I would prefer the archaic spelling of Bruyn, which makes the connection with the colour slightly less obvious. But even then, the name is not ideal - it's better suited as a middle name, if you ask me.

- RoxStar +1

2/15/2019, 7:12 AM

A Boston hockey player? (With no teeth, probably.) A bear?
Trouble bruin? Coffee bruin? Ruined bruin?

Sorry, nothing to like about this.

- Billina (RDNZL)

2/15/2019, 9:41 AM

Well, he did work in a coffee shop.

- mirfak +2

2/15/2019, 12:19 AM

It would seem kinda neat - the sound of it - if it didn't make me think of UCLA, and of my own high school mascot.

- Crista (firefly123)

2/15/2019, 5:35 AM

Ditto, but for this East Coaster I'd immediately assume the parents were big Boston Bruins hockey fans.

- Higuma Kanora

2/15/2019, 1:30 AM

lol Ditto. I think the only people who would use this name in California are die-hard Bruins fans or alumni.
It would be a pretty nice name otherwise.

- Barbra (barbierose)

2/15/2019, 12:10 AM

This is cool.

Probably approaching five years ago or so (I am uncertain), I entered a Doughnut Shop in April. A young lady behind the counter wore a name tag that read "Bruna".

Not only did I comment, but I could scarcely contain my enthusiasm, because on that very Day the Metropolitan Opera would play, enact, and broadcast Die Walküre - with Wagner's legendary Brunhild. (Yeah, I'm a geek.) The very occasion would permeate the day with reverence. I explained the name - the meaning of her heritage and she grew excited--yet while doing so, I could scarcely contain my own. I entered the doughnut shop a few weeks later, and, little short of the entire front staff smiled softly either "at me" or "toward me".

- Dracotorix

2/14/2019, 11:19 PM

I only ever see "bruin" in books when an author decides they're too cool to say "bear".
I like the sound but I'd probably prefer it as a middle name.

- Felie +1

2/14/2019, 11:17 PM

Hi Billina !!!

I prefer Bruno just because it is more familiar to me. But Bruin it's ok. Nothing wrong with it. I've heard of sightings far worse than it.

If I were Dutch I would be positively surprised.

- Shaymin

2/15/2019, 5:09 AM

I have seen this in birth announcements lately. I kinda like it.

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