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. 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 (born 1934), 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