Meaning of the nameBruno

Bruno is a male name of Germanic origin, which Behind the Name links to Old German brunna, 'armor, protection', or to brun, 'brown'.

Meaning

“from Old German brunna, 'armor, protection', or brun, 'brown'”

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

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People (2022): 645,929
Rank in Brazil: #26
Median age: 26 years
2010 Census: 668,217; people

Bruno in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Bruno, 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 (244,686 people).

3,887 women 642,042 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 Bruno is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	177,453	0.400%
Minas Gerais	69,284	0.337%
Rio de Janeiro	64,082	0.399%
Paraná	41,035	0.359%
Rio Grande do Sul	38,328	0.352%
Bahia	34,860	0.247%
Santa Catarina	26,835	0.353%
Pernambuco	22,840	0.252%
Goiás	21,352	0.303%
Pará	19,861	0.245%
Ceará	16,122	0.183%
Maranhão	14,054	0.207%
Espírito Santo	12,252	0.320%
Distrito Federal	10,905	0.387%
Mato Grosso	10,720	0.293%
Amazonas	10,182	0.258%
Mato Grosso do Sul	9,020	0.327%
Paraíba	8,413	0.212%
Alagoas	6,950	0.222%
Rio Grande do Norte	6,296	0.191%
Piauí	5,895	0.180%
Sergipe	5,806	0.263%
Rondônia	4,442	0.281%
Tocantins	3,510	0.232%
Amapá	2,070	0.282%
Acre	1,929	0.232%
Roraima	1,433	0.225%

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

About the name Bruno

Behind the Name gives two explanations for Bruno: the Old German element brunna, 'armor, protection', or brun, 'brown'. The Latin section of Wiktionary treats Bruno as a Latinization of Germanic names of the form Brūn, linked to Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, 'brown'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 645,929 people named Bruno, the largest group born in the 1990s. Wiktionary records Bruna as the feminine.

The most common spelling in the group, with a single N; proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Other spellings of Bruno

Spelling	People (2022)
Bruno	645,929
Brunno	3,933

Sources

Behind the Name: Bruno · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Bruno (Latin) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Bruno · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Bruno

What does the name Bruno mean?

Bruno means “from Old German brunna, 'armor, protection', or brun, 'brown'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Bruno in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 645,929 people with the first name Bruno, which ranks it number 26 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Bruno is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 3,887 women and 642,042 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Bruno?

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

In which Brazilian state is Bruno most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.400% of the state's population is named Bruno (177,453 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Bruno?

Brunno. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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