Bruno

Meaning: Brown, or burnished
Origin: Italian/German (from Germanic)

Boy's name · #740 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Bruno is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1915, when it ranked #259. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 19,000 boys since 1880, ranked #740 today.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#20 in Spain (2024) · #30 in Poland (2025) · #31 in Croatia (2025) · #94 in Austria (2025) · #97 in Czechia (2025) · #112 in Ecuador (2025) · #135 in Mexico (2024) · #138 in Sweden (2025) · #179 in Slovenia (2025) · #223 in Switzerland (2025) · #342 in Netherlands (2025) · #406 in N. Ireland (2025) and 7 more.

Famous Brunos

Bruno Mars — American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1985)
Bruno Fernandes — Portuguese association football player (born 1994)
Bruno Ganz — Swiss actor (1941–2019)
Bruno Alves — Portuguese footballer
Bruno Schulz — Jewish novelist and painter (1892–1942)

In stories & tradition

Brüno Gehard — Fictional character created and portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen
Bruno Madrigal — Encanto (film)
Bruno Tattaglia^it — The Godfather (film)

What Brunos become

Among 6,348 notable people named Bruno:

Business leaders appear 1.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bruno Lafont, French businessman (born 1956).

Similar names: Alden · Bruce · Gino · Darwin · Emery · Arnold

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