Brabant Family History
Brabant Name Meaning
French Walloon Flemish and German: habitational name from Brabant a province in the Low Countries. English: cognate of 1 above from Old French Brabant Middle English Braban Brabayn used to denote both the region and an inhabitant of it. See also the synonymous Brabazon . In medieval England Brabans were typically linen weavers and cloth merchants. The final syllable of Braban when weakly stressed was often altered to -ben -bin or -bon and also to -bam. The additional -t or -d in post-medieval Brabant Braband etc. is probably excrescent rather than a relic of the Old French form. French: habitational name from (Le) Brabant the name of several places in the northeastern part of France.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022