First, the name is of Spanish origin.
Spanish genealogists attribute the name's meaning as someone who is course in manners or brusque .
Many of us believe that the name Brusca is a word for a type of brush. Il dialetto di Priverno . In my father's family, they always thought the name Brusca meant butcher's broom . According to the text, a bay leaf like spice derivative from the kneeholly plant is also called brusco . This dictionary says the name comes from an earlier root word borusca .