Brainin is a Jewish matronymic surname literally meaning "son of Braina", the latter name is one of multiple variants derived from the color "brown".[1] Transliterated from Russian, it may be spelled as Braynin. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Boris Brainin (Sepp Österreicher, 1905-1996), Austrian poet and translator [2]
  • Danny Brainin (?-?), film actor (Xtro, Street Smart)[3]
  • David Brainin (1905-1942), French painter and dancer, murdered in Auschwitz[4][5]
  • Elisabeth Brainin (1949), Austrian psychoanalyst and scientific writer, daughter of Lotte and Hugo Brainin
  • Fritz (Frederick) Brainin (1913-1992), Austrian/American poet
  • Grégoire Brainin (Moineau, 1933), French poet and philosopher
  • Harald Brainin (1923-2006), Austrian poet and writer
  • Hugo Brainin (1924), Austrian locksmith, survivor, and contemporary witness of the Holocaust, brother of Norbert Brainin, father of Elisabeth Brainin, husband of Lotte Brainin
  • Jerome (Jerry) Brainin (1916-2000), American jazz and film composer, the author of a song The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (for the same film, 1948), which became a Jazz standard[6]
  • Lotte Brainin (1920), Austrian resistance fighter against National Socialism, contemporary witness, and survivor of the Holocaust, prisoner of Auschwitz and Ravensbruck, mother of Elisabeth Brainin, wife of Hugo Brainin
  • Max Brainin (1909-2002), Austrian/American commercial graphic artist and violinist
  • Norbert Brainin (1923–2005), Austrian/British violinist, the founder of Amadeus Quartet
  • Peter Brainin (1959), American saxophonist and jazz composer
  • Reuben Brainin (1862–1939), Hebrew publicist, biographer and public figure
  • Simon Brainin (1854-?), Russian/American physician and public figure
  • Teodor Brainin (1905-?), Russian film actor, the most known film: Benya Krik (1926)
  • Valeri Brainin (1948), Russian/German musicologist, music manager and poet

Other manner of writing:

  • Zofia (Sofie, Sophie) Röhr-Brajnin (1861-1937), Polish/German soprano

Sources

  1. ↑ The Polish Given Names Database, Searching for Text BRON
  2. ↑ Lexikon of German-Russian Literature. By Ingmar Brantsch.
  3. ↑ Danny Brainin - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - The New York Times
  4. ↑ David Brainin Archived September 4, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Explore". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
  6. ↑ Jerome Brainin - Biography
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