Bruno

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[edit] English

[edit] 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.

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Bruno

  1. A male given name.
    • 1983 Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, One More Time.The Best of Mike Royko, University of Chicago Press (2000), ISBN 0226730727, page 169:
      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.

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[edit] Czech

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Bruno m.

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

[edit] Danish

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Bruno

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

[edit] French

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Bruno

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

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[edit] German

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Bruno

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

[edit] Italian

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

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Bruno

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

[edit] Latvian

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

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Bruno m.

  1. A male given name.

[edit] References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Bruno was the only given name of 1104 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

[edit] Portuguese

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Bruno m.

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

[edit] Swedish

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Bruno

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