Bruun is a surname of North Germanic origin. The meaning is brown (brun in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian). In Denmark, the name is known to have been in use since the 13th century in the form Bruun. Other spelling variants are Bruhn and Brun. Today, c. 0.1% of the population carries Bruun as their surname or middle name. The name is also in use in Norway (c. 0.02% of the population), the Faroe Islands and the other Nordic Countries (even less frequent).
In the Danish translation of Peanuts, Charlie Brown is called Søren Brun.
As of 2007, the numbers of bearers of the surnames Bruun, Bruhn and Brun in the Nordic Countries are:
The infrequent occurrences of Bruun as a surname outside Scandinavia, mainly Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the U.S., is due to immigration from the Nordic Countries; in Germany possibly as a variation over the given name Bruno.
Anders Bruun (1979 -), a Swedish bandy playerAngelo Bruun (1898–1956), a Danish actorAnton Frederik Bruun (1901–1961), Danish oceanographer and ichthyologistAntti Bruun (1979 -), Finnish ice hockey playerBertel Bruun (1937–2011), a Danish-American ornithologist and illustratorBertel Kehlet Bruun - (1964 -), a Danish-German landscape architectBirgitte Bruun (1953 -), a Danish actressCaius Andreas Bruun (1967 -), a Finnish artist photographerChristian Bruun (1831–1906), aDanish historian and head of the Danish Royal LibraryMalte Conrad Bruun (1755–1826), a Danish-French geographer and journalistDaniel Bruun (1856–1931), a Danish military officer, archaeologist and authorEdgar Bruun (1905–1985), a Norwegian Olympic race walkerElse Marie Bruun (1911–2007), a Danish classical violinistErik Bruun (1926 -), a Finnish designerGeoffrey Bruun (1899–1988), a Canadian-American historianHans H. Bruun, a Danish-British engineerHans Henrik K. Bruun (1965 -), a Danish-Swedish ecologistHans Henrik R. Bruun (1946 -), a Danish sociologist and diplomatHelge Gösta Bruun (1897-?), a Swedish botanistHenrik H. Bruun, a Finnish entomologistHugo Bruun (1888–1962), a Danish actorKai Aage Bruun (1899–1971), a Danish composer and state radio administratorKim Malthe-Bruun (1923–1945), a mythical Danish resistance fighter against the Nazi occupationLaurids Valdemar Bruun (1864–1935), a Danish authorMads Pagh Bruun (1809–1884), a Danish politicianMorten Bruun (1965 -), a Danish football playerPatrick M. Bruun (1920–2007), a Finnish historianPer Gunnar Bruun (1944 -), a Swedish musicianPeter Daniel Bruun (1796–1864), a Danish politicianPeter Andreas Holck Bruun (1977-), a Danish social psychologistPoul Bruun, a Danish music producerStaffan Bruun (1955-), a Finnish authorThomas Christopher Bruun (1750–1834), a Danish philologist and authorCharles Kristian Bonnycastle Bruun (1979–), a Canadian-Finnish actorAlice Adelaïde Brun (1904–1990) - Danish civil servant, member of the Boards of Directors of the World Bank 1962-1964Ane Brun (1976 -) - Norwegian singer/songwriterCharles Brun (1866–1919) - Danish politicianConstantin Brun (1746–1836) - German-Danish merchant and one of the richest Danes of his dayEske Brun (1904–1987) - Danish governor in Greenland during World War IIFriederike Brun (1765–1835) German-Danish author and art patron, wife of Constantin BrunJohan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816) - Norwegian poet and bishopJohanne Marie Emilie Brun (1874–1954) - Danish opera singerViggo Brun (1885–1978) - Norwegian mathematician