Meaning of Last Name

Brill is a fairly uncommon family name, most seen in the Dutch language. People with the surname Brill include: * Abraham Brill, Austrian-born American psychiatrist and disciple of Jung * Charlie Brill, American actor * Debbie Brill, Canadian high-jump athlete * Diane Brill, cosmetics merchant and manufacturer * Dusty Brill, drummer * E. J. Brill, founder of Brill Publishers, a Dutch publishing company based in Leiden * Eric Brill, computer scientist ** Brill Tagger, one of Eric Brill's more notable inventions * Fran Brill, voice actress and puppeteer best known for work on Sesame Street * Hermann Brill, German politician who opposed the rise of Nazism * J. G. Brill, founder of J. G. Brill and Company * Jehiel Brill, Russian journalist ([http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1478&letter=B]) * John Frederick Brill, World War II mural artist * Alexander von Brill, co-creator with Max Noether of Brill-Noether theory, a branch of mathematics * Paul and Mattheus Brill, 16th century Dutch landscape painters *Peter E. Brill, New York-area criminal defense attorney *Steven Brill (law writer), the founder of American Lawyer magazine, Court TV, Contentville, and Brill's Content *Steven Brill (scriptwriter), actor, director, and screenwriter of films such as the Mighty Ducks films