Type Surname (from nickname)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈbru.no/(Italian) /ˈbɾu.nu/(Portuguese)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "brown" in Italian and Portuguese, a nickname for a person with brown hair or brown clothes. A famous bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600).

Related Names

Rootbrunus
VariantBrunetti(Italian)
Other Languages & CulturesBrun(Danish) Bruin, De Bruijn, De Bruin(Dutch) Bronson, Brown, Browne, Burnett(English) Brun, Brunet, Lebrun(French) Braun, Braune, Bruhn, Brune(German) Brun(Norwegian) Brun(Swedish)
User SubmissionBruno

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Entry updated April 23, 2024