Brunskill
Brunskill is an English surname. Origin

The name Brunskill is of Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse origin; it is a topographical name for someone who lives at a brown hill or brown-coloured stream. Old English (pre-7th century} "brun" means "brown", and the second half may derive from the Old Norse skjallr, meaning "a strong stream", or hyll, meaning a hill or mount. Brunskill was first recorded as a surname in the late 16th century. Geographical frequency
 the highest density of the name was found in England, followed by the United States and Canada. People
 Daniel Brunskill (born 1994), American football player
 George Brunskill (1799–1866), early pioneer in South Australia, who owned much of the land now Marryatville, South Australia
 John Brunskill (1875–1940), Irish cricketer
 Muriel Brunskill (1899–1980), British contralto
 Norman Brunskill (1912–1988), English footballer
 Ronald Brunskill (1929–2015), English academic authority on vernacular architecture

References

See also
 Brun (disambiguation)

Surnames