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)