Meaning

noun a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'

noun large ferocious bear of Eurasia

origin* As a Dutch surname, borrowed from Dutch Bruin, from the adjective bruin (“brown”). Compare Braun. * As an English surname, possibly a pronunciation of the French surname Brun, from the adjective brun (“brown”), related to above. * As an Alemannic German surname, variant of Bruhin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0