Brunetto

Boy · Germanic, through Italian

Brunetto

Say it: broo-NET-toh

Meaning

A diminutive of Bruno, from Germanic brun 'brown'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

Italian

Famous bearers

Brunetto Latini, Dante's teacher

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
Well-known works of literature

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