Boy · Old High German
Bruno
Say it: BROO-noh
Meaning
Germanic, from brun 'brown' (possibly also 'armour').
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An Ottonian name that spread through Saint Bruno and is popular across Europe today.
Its wave through time
Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States
- 16,907 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 2,400 boys
- 350 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
GermanItalianFrenchSpanishPortugueseArgentineBrazilianMexican
The family of the name
| Italian | Bruno |
|---|---|
| French | Bruno |
| Spanish | Bruno |
| Polish | Bruno |
Famous bearers
- Saint Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusians
- Giordano Bruno, philosopher
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.