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Bruno

Gender
Boy
Say it
BROO-noh
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#589 for boys
US rank, 2025
#740 for boys

Bruno is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brown”. In 2025 it ranked 589th for boys in the UK (72 babies) and 740th for boys in the US (351 babies).

What does Bruno mean?

Germanic

“brown”

St Bruno founded the Carthusian order of monks in 1084.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Bruno is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 boys in the UK and 351 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Bruno in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#589among boys
Babies in 2025
72about 1 in 4,200 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 72 boys in the UK were named Bruno, making it the 589th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 429th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 125 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Bruno than any year since 2011.

Half of all the boys named Bruno in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 602nd in England and Wales, 560th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 125 in 20182025
Bruno in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202572#589
202488#504
202390#490
2022103#446
2021103#456
2020106#429
2019125#391
2018125#390
2017113#425
2016112#424
2015124#389
201497#470
201388#490
201292#476
201163#606
201051#692
200961#597
200882#485
200771#516
200675#474
200553#562
200450#565
200339#636
200237#606
200120#913
200039#562
199917#959
199822#790
199717#941
199616#940

How popular is Bruno in the US?

Rank in 2025
#740among boys
Babies in 2025
351about 1 in 4,900 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 351 boys in the US were named Bruno, making it the 740th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 711th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 448 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Bruno than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Bruno in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 448 in 20222025
Bruno in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025351#740
2024381#704
2023373#711
2022448#625
2021406#667
2020352#711
2019344#713
2018379#666
2017404#638
2016386#667
2015349#712
2014381#671
2013379#646
2012284#795
2011261#830
2010297#756
2009245#863
2008274#799
2007263#809
2006258#797
2005239#802
2004229#788
2003224#782
2002220#783
2001160#957
2000156#965
1999119#1,112
1998112#1,127
1997118#1,073
1996125#997
1995105#1,104
199494#1,174
1993109#1,056
199282#1,242
199194#1,124
1990115#976
198999#1,033
198877#1,142
198762#1,232
198664#1,187
198567#1,132
198458#1,197
198377#1,006
198276#1,039
198165#1,133
198064#1,133
197957#1,206
197866#1,066
197743#1,390
197652#1,190
197542#1,345
197468#993
197363#1,014
197278#905
197176#933
197076#917
196950#1,097
196896#756
196789#774
196678#827
196586#803
196485#815
1963105#755
196288#807
1961106#747
1960105#751
195993#793
195888#795
1957108#718
195693#761
195573#861
195470#875
195388#758
195283#769
195183#765
195071#805
194973#802
194849#1,000
194781#763
194670#793
194558#817
194467#761
194363#828
194279#722
194190#644
194068#741
193954#829
193878#683
193780#665
193685#630
193587#629
1934112#557
1933111#540
193298#596
1931121#527
1930160#468
1929149#481
1928170#466
1927190#443
1926209#418
1925211#410
1924261#374
1923286#350
1922261#374
1921311#337
1920292#341
1919261#354
1918348#294
1917328#285
1916353#270
1915348#259
1914219#304
1913180#295
1912127#336
191154#385
191054#337
190933#436
190827#475
190720#540
190619#523
190523#463
190418#515
19039#783
190215#555
190113#559
190026#446
18997#856
189817#505
189712#615
189613#592
189514#556
189418#464
189310#650
189214#547
189115#456
189010#629
18897#789
18886#917
188712#516
18865#959
18857#765
18847#764
18830–
18825#942
18816#780
18807#745

Names like Bruno

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Bruno

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Bruno: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bruno, updated 20 October 2026.