Bruno

Bruno \bru-no, br-uno\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Bruno is pronounced as BRUWNow (German) ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Bruno: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"

What is the origin of Bruno?

Bruno is used predominantly in the Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish languages, and its origin is Germanic. Derived from the element 'brun' which means brown. Brun (Germanic) is an old form of Bruno. The name was originally bestowed upon people with brown hair, eyes, or complexion. It was borne by many influential Germans in the medieval period, including three 10th-century saints, the 11th-century Saint Bruno of Cologne who founded the Carthusian Order, and the third son of Emperor Henry I the Fowler (876-936). The surname was borne by the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), an early proponent of heliocentrism who was burned at the stake by the Roman Inquisition. English speakers first adopted the name at the end of the 19th century, probably influenced by Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno (1889) as well as the growing German immigrant population in the USA. The name Bruna name (German, Italian, and Portuguese) is the female version of Bruno. Bruno has 23 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

Other versions used in English comprise Bronius name variations, nicknames for Bruine, Bruino name popularity, meaning of Brunan, short names for Brune, name Brunen meaning, nicknames for Brunin, name Brunne, Brunoe meaning and origin, name Brunoh, short names for Brunow, name Brunowe meaning, Brunun name variations, and Brunyn name. Foreign variants of Bruno comprise name Britanic meaning (Catalan), baby name Bruin (Scandinavian), name Brun (Dutch), nicknames for Brunon (Polish), Brunone pronounciation (Italian), and Bruns definition (German). Specific foreign variants comprise the contraction Bru name (Catalan and Portuguese), and the pet forms baby name Buno (Portuguese) and name Nöggi origin (German). Bruno is a classic favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though not to the extent it was before. At the modest peak of its usage in 1915, 0.040% of baby boys were given the name Bruno. Its ranking then was #260. The baby name has since suffered a marked fall in popularity, and in recent years it is of sporadic use. In 2010, its usage was only 0.015% and its ranking #753, was nonetheless the most regularly used out of all boy names in its group.

A famous person named Bruno is Bruno Walter, Composer, born Bruno Schlesinger, September 15, 1876 - February 17, 1962, Berlin, Germany.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Bruno:

name Brunoe meaning, Brunoh name popularity, Brunow name popularity, Brunowe definition, name Bahram, Bairam meaning, Bairn definition, Bajram name variations (Albanian and Turkish), meaning of Baram (Hebrew), Baran definition (Russian), name Baren meaning, Barim name popularity, name Barin, what does the name Barna mean (Hungarian), Barnam meaning of name, name Barnee, Barnem definition, Barney name popularity (English), short names for Barnham, and Barnhem meaning.

The baby name Bruno fun facts:

The name Bruno in reverse order is "Onurb".

The numerological value of the name Bruno is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Bruno?

Bruno is in the top names in USA.