title: Bruin (surname)
text: # 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
  