Internet Surname Database Brinson is of Old French origin, originally a locational name from Briencun in Normandy. Presumably following the Norman Conquest, a family assigned a place name as Brimstone Hill in County Essex.
What does Brinson mean?
The surname Brinson was first found in Norfolk at Brinton, a parish, in the hundred of Holt. The village dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was first listed as Bruntuna. Literally the place name means estate associated with a man called Bryni, from the Old English personal name + -ing + tun.
