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Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Bruno

BROO-noh · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Brown; dark
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
color · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#701
2024 births381
Peak year2022
First appeared1880
Total US births18,521
2022 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Bru
Alternate spellings
BrunnoBruneau
In other languages
Bruno (German/Italian/Spanish)Bruneau (French)Brunon (Polish)

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Notable people named Bruno

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