Bruno

See also: bruno, bruño, bruñó, and brūno

English

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

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

Proper noun

Bruno

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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2. A surname from Italian
3. (folklore) A name for the bear.
4. A city in Minnesota
5. A village in Nebraska
6. A municipality of Piedmont, Italy
7. A town in Saskatchewan

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: بْرُونُو m (brūnū)
• Bengali: ব্রুনো (Bruno)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布魯諾／布鲁诺 (Bùlǔnuò), 布鲁诺 (Bùlǔnuò)

• Czech: Bruno (cs) m
• Danish: Bruno c
• French: Bruno (fr) m
• German: Bruno (de) m
• Hindi: ब्रूनो m (brūno)|tr=brūno
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• Italian: Bruno (it) m
• Japanese: ブルーノ (Burūno)
• Korean: 브루노 (Beuruno)
• Latvian: Bruno m
• Portuguese: Bruno (pt) m
• Russian: Бру́но (ru) m (Brúno)
• Slovak: Bruno m
• Spanish: Bruno (es) m
• Swedish: Bruno (sv) c

surname

• Arabic: بْرُونُو m or f (brūnū)
• Bengali: ব্রুনো (brunō)|tr=bruno
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布魯諾／布鲁诺 (Bùlǔnuò), 布鲁诺 (Bùlǔnuò)

• French: Bruno (fr) m or f
• German: Bruno (de) m or f
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• Hindi: ब्रूनो (brūno)|tr=brūno|sc=Deva
• Italian: Bruno (it) m or f
• Japanese: ブルーノ (Burūno)
• Korean: 브루노 (Beuruno)
• Russian: Бру́но (ru) m or f (Brúno)

Anagrams

• Bornu, Bourn, bourn, buron

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruno]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

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

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Danish

Proper noun

Bruno

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

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Estonian

Proper noun

Bruno (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁy.no/

Proper noun

Bruno ?

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

Anagrams

• buron

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bruno

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

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Italian

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, equivalent to English Bruno.
2. a common surname, equivalent to English Brown

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Latin

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbruː.noː/, [ˈbruːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbru.no/, [ˈbruːno]

Proper noun

Brūnō m sg (genitive Brūnōnis); third declension

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Brown

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Brūnō
Genitive	Brūnōnis
Dative	Brūnōnī
Accusative	Brūnōnem
Ablative	Brūnōne
Vocative	Brūnō

Derived terms

• Brūnōnis vīcus

Noun

Brūnō m (genitive Brūnōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Brūnō	Brūnōnēs
Genitive	Brūnōnis	Brūnōnum
Dative	Brūnōnī	Brūnōnibus
Accusative	Brūnōnem	Brūnōnēs
Ablative	Brūnōne	Brūnōnibus
Vocative	Brūnō	Brūnōnēs

Further reading

• Brunones on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latvian

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, equivalent to English Bruno.

References

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾu.nu/

Proper noun

Bruno m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno

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Slovak

Etymology

From German Bruno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrunɔ/

Proper noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Bruno

	singular	plural
nominative	Bruno	Brunovia
genitive	Bruna	Brunov
dative	Brunovi	Brunom
accusative	Bruna	Brunov
locative	Brunovi	Brunoch
instrumental	Brunom	Brunami

Derived terms

• Brunko

Further reading

• “Bruno”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Swedish

Etymology

From German Bruno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrʉːnʊ/

Proper noun

Bruno c (genitive Brunos)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bruno