Brüll


Brüll or Bruell is a surname.
Bruell is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname that is a variant of Brüll and Bruehl. The name Bruehl is a topographic last name for "someone who lived near or by a swampy area". This Yiddish surname is derived from the Middle High German brüel and Middle Low German brūl which means 'swampy land with brushwood'. It can be a Jewish habitational name from the town Brühl in Germany as well. Another meaning is possibly from the German word Brull, a dialect word meaning minnow. Brull also has Sephardic origins as it was recorded in Mallorca in 1488. Brüll can also be an acronym for an individual e.g..
The British surname Bruell has been identified as a variation of Brewell, derived from the village of Braithwell, West Yorkshire.
Other variants of this surname include Briel, Brill and Bril. .
Notable people with the name include: