Bruin (surname)
# 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
