Meaning of the nameBruna

Bruna is the feminine form of Bruno, a Germanic name linked to brunna, 'armor, protection', or to brun, 'brown'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Bruno, from Germanic brunna, 'armor, protection', or brun, 'brown'”

Source: Behind the Name: Bruna · Behind the Name: Bruno · Wiktionary: Bruno (Latin)

People (2022): 466,413
Rank in Brazil: #51
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 463,548; people

Bruna in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Bruna, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (216,249 people).

463,671 women 2,742 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Bruna is most common

States with the highest share of people named Bruna in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	123,628	0.278%
Minas Gerais	47,528	0.231%
Rio de Janeiro	39,580	0.247%
Rio Grande do Sul	36,869	0.339%
Paraná	33,499	0.293%
Santa Catarina	25,346	0.333%
Bahia	23,233	0.164%
Pernambuco	15,533	0.172%
Goiás	15,343	0.217%
Pará	13,917	0.171%
Ceará	12,118	0.138%
Maranhão	10,274	0.152%
Espírito Santo	7,970	0.208%
Mato Grosso	7,933	0.217%
Amazonas	7,328	0.186%
Distrito Federal	7,098	0.252%
Mato Grosso do Sul	6,658	0.242%
Paraíba	5,690	0.143%
Alagoas	4,761	0.152%
Piauí	4,434	0.136%
Rio Grande do Norte	4,411	0.134%
Sergipe	3,826	0.173%
Rondônia	3,240	0.205%
Tocantins	2,276	0.151%
Amapá	1,483	0.202%
Acre	1,457	0.176%
Roraima	980	0.154%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Bruna

Behind the Name defines Bruna as the feminine of Bruno, used in Italian, Portuguese and Croatian, and Wiktionary records Bruna as a female name whose masculine is Bruno. For Bruno, Behind the Name gives two possible origins in ancient Germanic: brunna, 'armor, protection', or brun, 'brown'; Wiktionary's Latin entry links the name to the root *brūnaz, 'brown'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 466,413 people named Bruna, with a median age of 25. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Brunna and Brunah as spelling variants.

The most common spelling in the group, with a single N.

Other spellings of Bruna

Spelling	People (2022)
Bruna	466,413
Brunna	5,836

Sources

Wiktionary: Bruna · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Bruna · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Bruno · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Bruno (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Bruna · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Bruna

What does the name Bruna mean?

Bruna means “feminine form of Bruno, from Germanic brunna, 'armor, protection', or brun, 'brown'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Bruna in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 466,413 people with the first name Bruna, which ranks it number 51 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Bruna a boy's or a girl's name?

Bruna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 463,671 women and 2,742 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Bruna?

Bruna is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Bruna most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.339% of the state's population is named Bruna (36,869 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Bruna?

Brunna. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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