Bruno

Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Italian, Portuguese
Pronounced Pron. BROO-no(Italian) BROO-noo(Portuguese)  [key·IPA]

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

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

Categories

boxers, brown, colors, hair, sports pundits
Entry updated April 23, 2024