Brine (surname)

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This surname Brine may have the following origins. The first is that it is a variant of Bryan.{{Cite web |url=https://www.familytree.com/surnames/Bryan |title=Bryan Surname and Family History - Family Tree |access-date=2016-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403233904/https://www.familytree.com/surnames/Bryan |archive-date=2016-04-03 |url-status=dead }} The second is that it is a variant of Browne.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFxJAAAAMAAJ |title = The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America|year = 1874}} However, other sources suggest it's from the Anglo-Saxon word bryne meaning "burning".{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/englishsurnames00ferggoog | quote=Brine. |title = English surnames and their place in the Teutonic family|last1 = Ferguson|first1 = Robert|year = 1858}}http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=brine {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

The surname may refer to:

• Augustus Brine (1769–1840), English naval officer
• Beverly Brine (b. 1961), Canadian politician
• Cyril Brine (1914–1988), English speedway racer
• David Brine (b. 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
• James Brine (d. 1902), one of the Tolpuddle Martyrs
• John Brine (1703–1765), English Baptist minister
• George Brine, the namesake of the George Brine House
• Salty Brine (1918–2004), Walter L. Brine Jr., American broadcaster
• Steve Brine (b. 1974), British politician

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