# Bruno (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bruno/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “brown” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹunoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,875 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,875 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,999, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 261 | 830 |
| 2012 | 284 | 795 |
| 2013 | 379 | 646 |
| 2014 | 381 | 671 |
| 2015 | 349 | 712 |
| 2016 | 386 | 667 |
| 2017 | 404 | 638 |
| 2018 | 379 | 667 |
| 2019 | 344 | 713 |
| 2020 | 352 | 712 |
| 2021 | 406 | 667 |
| 2022 | 448 | 625 |
| 2023 | 373 | 711 |
| 2024 | 381 | 704 |
| 2025 | 351 | 740 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 576 |
| 2012 | 83 | 473 |
| 2013 | 80 | 479 |
| 2014 | 91 | 442 |
| 2015 | 109 | 390 |
| 2016 | 102 | 412 |
| 2017 | 104 | 421 |
| 2018 | 117 | 377 |
| 2019 | 113 | 384 |
| 2020 | 102 | 402 |
| 2021 | 98 | 425 |
| 2022 | 90 | 450 |
| 2023 | 84 | 478 |
| 2024 | 81 | 486 |
| 2025 | 64 | 602 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بْرُونُو
- Bulgarian: Бру́но
- Chinese: 布魯諾 /布鲁诺
- Czech: Bruno
- Danish: Bruno
- Esperanto: Bruno
- French: Bruno
- German: Bruno
- Hindi: ब्रूनो
- Italian: Bruno
- Japanese: ブルーノ
- Korean: 브루노
- Latvian: Bruno
- Polish: Bruno, Brunon
- Portuguese: Bruno
- Russian: Бру́но
- Slovak: Bruno
- Spanish: Bruno
- Swedish: Bruno

## People named Bruno

- Bruno Kreisky, Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)
- Bruno Latour, French sociologist and philosopher (1947–2022)
- Bruno Guimarães, Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
- Bruno Cortez, Brazilian association football player
- Bruno Martins Indi, Dutch association football player (born 1992)
- Bruno Senna, Brazilian racing driver
- Bruno Petković, Croatian footballer (born 1994)
- Bruno Kirby, American actor (1949–2006)
- Bruno Taut, German architect (1880–1938)
- Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American child psychologist and writer (1903–1990)
- Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Carthusian Order (1030–1101)
- Bruno Walter, German-born conductor, pianist, and composer (1876-1962)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.