What's the origin of the surname Brainer?

Question:

What's the origin of the surname Brainer?

Is it European (from which country), or what?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It looks like English and German, plus German-speaking Swiss:

International Genealogical Index - British Isles
31. ELIZABETH BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Christening: 09 SEP 1680 Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England

32. ELIZABETH BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Marriage: 30 NOV 1681 Moreton Hampstead, Devon, England

33. James Brainer - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Marriage: 29 JUL 1617 Lynsted, Kent, England

34. JAS BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Christening: 07 FEB 1772 Folkestone, Kent, England

35. JOHN BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Marriage: 19 AUG 1571 Romsey, Hampshire, England

36. Mary Brainer - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Birth: Maikinch, , Fife, Scotland

37. Mary Brainer - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Birth: Maikinch, , Fife, Scotland

38. Mary Brainer - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Birth: Markinch, Fife, Scotland

39. Sarah Alice Maud Brainer - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Christening: 19 MAY 1872 St Andrew'S, Manchester, Lancashire, England

40. STEPHEN BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Christening: 20 AUG 1687 Saint Laurence (Thanet), Kent, England

Matches: International Genealogical Index/British Isles - 10

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International Genealogical Index - Continental Europe
41. Frederic August Brainer - International Genealogical Index / CE
Gender: Male Birth: 11 FEB 1797 Veseux, , Neuchatel, Switzerland

42. Frederic August Brainer - International Genealogical Index / CE
Gender: Male Marriage: 06 JAN 1823 Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France

43. Johanna Krystianna Brainer - International Genealogical Index / CE
Gender: Female Birth: 1798 Kalisz, , Lodzkiego, Poland

Matches: International Genealogical Index/Continental Europe - 3

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International Genealogical Index - Germany
44. DOROTHEA ELIS. BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Female Marriage: 28 APR 1802 Evangelisch, Halle Stadt, Westfalen, Preussen

45. Elisabetha Brainer - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Female Birth: 14 APR 1831 Zweibruecken, Pfalz, Bayern

46. Ferdinand August Brainer - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Birth: About 1835 Gorlitz, , Schlesien, Preussen

47. GEORGIUS BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Male Christening: 08 JUL 1851 Roemisch-Katholische, Deidesheim, Pfalz, Bayern

48. ROSINA BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Female Birth: 1755 Lautlingen, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg

49. ROSINA BRAINER - International Genealogical Index / GE
Gender: Female Birth: 1755 Lautlingen, Schwarzwaldkreis, Wuerttemberg

Matches: International Genealogical Index/Germany - 6