Bruno

What Bruno means

Means “brown”

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.

Source: Wiktionary, “Bruno” (revision 92997700), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Bruno?

US: Steady: #712 in 2015, #740 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #390 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1915, when 348 boys got the name (#259 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,866 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,249 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in FL (0.49 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.44 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.39 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Bruno is #740 in the US and #602 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Bruno were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Bruen5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Bruno

Boys

• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Emory#883Editor’s note Down from #830 in 2015 to #883 in 2025 in the US
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Adeline#59Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*
• Lorelei#441“murmuring rock or lurking rock”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Amelia#4“vigor, bravery”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Germanic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Bruno’s. Rank is US 2025.