Bruin, Bruijn, Bruyn and Bruins are Dutch surnames.
They can be equivalent to the English surname Brown or, particularly for the form "Bruins", be patronymic as Bruin/Bruijn is a now rare Dutch form of Bruno.
[1][2] The form "the brown" (De Bruin, De Bruine, De Bruijn, De Bruyn and De Bruyne) is more common.
Notable people with the surname include: