Frequency: (129)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: from a derivative of bramare ‘to desire’, ‘to long for’, presumably applied as a nickname.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 29%. Salvatore (3), Domenic (2), Concetta, Giuseppe, Nicola, Nunzio, Pietro, Sal, Vittorio.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
