Brunson Family History

English: usually from the Middle English personal name Brun (Old English Brūna or Old Norse Brúni) + -son ‘Brown's son’. See Brown.

There may also be occasional survivals of an Old English compound personal name Brūnsunu ‘brown son’ attested in the Domesday Book and presumably given to a child with brown hair or complexion.

Whether it was also used as an adult nickname is uncertain.

This form of the surname is most common in Norfolk.