Meanings
plural Brunos · plural Brunoes
- countableA male given name from the Germanic languages.
He was the man who brought us those great bruising, bristle-chinned teams, with players who had fearsome names like Bruno and Bulldog.
1983, Mike Royko, Studs Terkel, One More Time.The Best of Mike Royko, University of Chicago Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 169 - countableA surname from Italian.
- countableuncountableartsA name for the bear.
- A placename
- countableuncountableA town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- countableuncountableA municipality of Piedmont, Italy.
- countableuncountableA city in Minnesota, United States.
- countableuncountableA village in Nebraska, United States.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*brūn
- Old High Germanbrūn“brown”
- EnglishBruno
From Italian, German etc continental European Bruno, name of medieval Italian and German saints and royalty, Latinized form of Old High German brūn (“brown”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn. The surname is mostly borrowed from Italian Bruno. Doublet of Brown.
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Arabic بْرُونُو, بْرُونُو
- بْرُونُو (brūnū)male given name
- بْرُونُو (brūnū)surname
Bengali ব্রুনো, ব্রুনো
- ব্রুনো (brunō)male given name
- ব্রুনো (brunō)surname
Bulgarian Бру́но
- Бру́но (Brúno)male given name
Chinese Mandarin 布魯諾 /布鲁诺, 布魯諾 /布鲁诺
- 布魯諾 /布鲁诺 (Bùlǔnuò)male given name
- 布魯諾 /布鲁诺 (Bùlǔnuò)surname
Czech Bruno
- Brunomale given name
Danish Bruno
- Brunomale given name
Esperanto Bruno
- Brunomale given name
French Bruno, Bruno
- Brunomale given name
- Brunosurname
German Bruno, Bruno
- Brunomale given name
- Brunosurname
Hindi ब्रूनो, ब्रूनो
- ब्रूनो (brūno)male given name
- ब्रूनो (brūno)surname
Italian Bruno, Bruno
- Brunomale given name
- Brunosurname
Japanese ブルーノ, ブルーノ
- ブルーノ (Burūno)male given name
- ブルーノ (Burūno)surname
Korean 브루노, 브루노
- 브루노 (Beuruno)male given name
- 브루노 (Beuruno)surname
Latvian Bruno
- Brunomale given name
Polish Bruno, Brunon
- Brunomale given name
- Brunonmale given name
Portuguese Bruno
- Brunomale given name
Russian Бру́но, Бру́но
- Бру́но (Brúno)male given name
- Бру́но (Brúno)surname
Slovak Bruno
- Brunomale given name
Spanish Bruno
- Brunomale given name
Swedish Bruno
- Brunomale given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Bruno
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
Bruno. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bruno
“Bruno.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bruno. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bruno,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bruno.
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