Save 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. Related NamesDetails 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