Bro

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bro"

English

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Bro § People

Wikipedia

Etymology

• As a North Germanic/Scandinavian topographic surname from either Danish, Norwegian or Swedish bro (“bridge”).
• As a French surname, variant of Brault and Breaux.
• As an Irish surname, possibly a variant of Broe, Brew.

Proper noun

Bro (plural Bros)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bro is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Bro is most common among White (85.32%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English bro.

Noun

Bro m (strong, genitive Bros or Bro, plural Bros)

1. (informal) bro (a comrade or friend)

Declension

Declension of Bro [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bro	die	Bros
genitive	eines	des	Bros, Bro	der	Bros
dative	einem	dem	Bro	den	Bros
accusative	einen	den	Bro	die	Bros

Further reading

• “Bro” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache