Brill

See also: brill

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from Brill in Buckinghamshire, said to be from Proto-Brythonic *breɣ (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).
• As a Dutch and north German surname, from Middle Low German brul (“low wetland”). Compare the variant Bruehl.
• Also as a German surname, from the noun Brille (“eyeglasses”).
• As a Jewish surname, from Hebrew בן [script needed] (rabi, “son of..”) followed by a Yiddish personal name, likely acronymic in origin.

Proper noun

Brill

1. A surname.
2. A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6514).
3. A hamlet in Constantine parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7229).
4. A neighbourhood of Elberfeld, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
5. An unincorporated community in the town of Oak Grove, Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.

Derived terms

• Brill Building
• Brill-Zinsser disease

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 228.

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Brille.

Noun

Brill f (plural Brilln)

1. (Erzgebirgisch) glasses

References

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German brille, berille, from berillus (“beryl”), from Latin beryllus (“beryl”). Compare German Brille, Dutch bril.

Noun

Brill f (plural Brille)

1. glasses, spectacles