Bruno

Etymology

From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”). The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹunoʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːnəʊ

Proper noun

Bruno

1. A male given name..
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     He was the man who brought us those great bruising, bristle-chinned teams, with players who had fearsome names like Bruno and Bulldog.

2. A surname​.
3. (folklore) A name for the bear.
4. A city in Minnesota
5. A village in Nebraska
6. A municipality in Piedmont, Italy
7. A town in Saskatchewan

Anagrams

• Bornu, Bourn, bourn, buron

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bruno m

1. A male given name., cognate to English Bruno.

Proper noun

Bruno

1. A male given name., cognate to English Bruno.

Proper noun

Bruno

1. A male given name., cognate to English Bruno.

Anagrams

• buron

Proper noun

Bruno

1. A male given name., cognate to English Bruno.

Etymology

Saint's name of Germanic origin, cognate to English Bruno. The surname also originates as a nickname from bruno (“brown”), cognate with English Brown.

Proper noun

Bruno ?

1. A male given name..
2. A common surname​.

Etymology

Latinisation of names of the form Brūn in Proto-Germanic and/or its descendant languages, deriving from the root *brūnaz (“brown”): Germanic Brūn + Latin -ō (suffix forming masculine personal names).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbruː.noː/

Proper noun

Brūnō m (genitive Brūnōnis); third declension

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Brown.

Noun

Brūnō m (genitive Brūnōnis); third declension

1. any man named “Bruno” or an equivalent, a Bruno

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Cognate to German and English Bruno.

Proper noun

Bruno m

1. A male given name..

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Bruno was the only given name of 1104 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾu.nu/

Proper noun

Bruno m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Bruno.

Etymology

From German Bruno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrunɔ/

Proper noun

Bruno m (genitive Bruna, nominative plural Brunovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name..

Further reading

• Bruno in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Proper noun

Bruno c (genitive Brunos)

1. A male given name., cognate to English Bruno.