Bruno (name)

Bruno

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old High German
Meaning	"Shield" or "Armor"
Other names
Related names	"Bruna" (female)

Bruno is a male given name. It is derived from the Germanic word brun meaning Shield or Armor.

It occurs very frequently in continental Europe, United States, Canada, Brazil and Oceania as a given name for men and boys.

Notable historical names

• Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
• Saint Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne (died 965)
• Saint Bruno of Querfurt (died 1009)
• Bishop Bruno of Augsburg (died 1029)
• Saint Bruno, Bishop of Würzburg (died 1045)
• Bruno II (1024–1057)
• Bruno the Saxon (11th century), historian
• Bruno of Cologne (d. 1101), founder of the Carthusians
• Saint Bruno, Bishop of Segni (died 1123)
• Pope Gregory V, given name was Bruno of Carinthia
• Pope Leo IX, given name was Bruno, Count of Dagsbourg
• Several people named Giordano Bruno
• Henri Reynders (Dom Bruno) (1903–1981), Catholic priest

Notable given names

• Bruno Bauer, German philosopher
• Bruno Bozzetto, Italian animator
• Bruno Branciforte, Italian admiral
• Bruno Brookes (born 1959), (born Trevor Neil Brookes), British DJ
• Bruno Caboclo, Brazilian basketball player
• Bruno Campos, Brazilian actor
• Bruno Carabetta, French judoka
• Bruno Carranza (1822–1891), former President of Costa Rica
• Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer, older brother of Benoit Cheyrou
• Bruno Corbucci, Italian film director
• Bruno Cortês, Brazilian football (soccer) defender
• Bruno de Finetti, Italian probabilist and statistician
• Bruno Fernandes das Dores de Souza, Brazilian football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Bruno Forte, Italian theologian and ecclesiastic
• Bruno Gagliasso, Brazilian actor
• Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
• Bruno Gerussi, Canadian actor
• Bruno Giacomelli, Formula 1 driver
• Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect
• Bruno Giordano, Italian footballer and a coach
• Bruno Gissoni, Brazilian actor
• Bruno Grandi, Italian gymnast and president of the International Gymnastics Federation
• Bruno Gutzeit (born 1966), French butterfly swimmer
• Bruno Hauptmann (1899–1936), the man executed for the Lindbergh kidnapping/murder
• Bruno Heller (born 1960), English screenwriter
• Bruno Heppell (born 1972), Canadian football player
• Bruno Hochmuth, American general
• Bruno Hockett, an adorable cat (born 2015)
• Bruno Hussar (1911–1996), Catholic priest
• Bruno Junk (1929–1995), Estonian racewalker
• Bruno Kaloci (born 1996), famous Albanian bass player
• Bruno Kirby (1949–2006), American actor
• Bruno Kreisky (1911–1990), Austrian chancellor from 1970 to 1983
• Bruno Langley, British actor
• Bruno Latour, French sociologist and cultural theorist
• Bruno Lauzi, Italian singer-songwriter
• Bruno Leoni (1913–1967), Italian political philosopher (classical liberalism) and lawyer
• Bruno Lucia, Australian stand-up comedian and performer
• Bruno Magli, Italian shoe designer
• Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter and music producer, famous for his international number-one single, "Just the Way You Are"
• Bruno Mattei, Italian film director
• Bruno Munari, Italian industrial designer
• Bruno Nolasco (born 1986), Brazilian water polo player
• Bruno Rezende (born 1986), Brazilian volleyball player
• Bruno Prevedi, Italian opera singer
• Bruno Renan Trombelli, Brazilian footballer playing for FC Shakhtar
• Bruno Rossi, Italian-American experimental physicist
• Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle road racer
• Bruno S., actor
• Bruno Saby, French racer
• Bruno St. Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
• Bruno Saltor Grau, Spanish footballer
• Bruno Sammartino (born 1935), Italian-American wrestler
• Bruno Sassi (born 1970), wrestler
• Bruno Schulz, Polish writer
• Bruno Senna, Brazilian racecar driver
• Bruno Tabacci, Italian politician
• Bruno Tonioli (born 1955), Italian dancer & choreographer
• Bruno Walter (1876–1962) Conductor and composer
• Bruno Zumino, Italian theoretical physicist
• Bruno, also known as Eko.Lsa, French rapper
• Bruno Herrero Arias, Spanish footballer playing for Sevilla FC

Fictional given names

• Bruno, a webcomic by Christopher Baldwin
• Bruno!, a webcomic by Dan Smith (artist)
• Bruno the Bandit, a webcomic by Ian McDonald
• Bruno the Bear, a rival of Bugs Bunny in the Warner Brothers short Big Top Bunny
• Bruno the Bear, a character on the TV series Edward and Friends
• Bruno the Bigfoot, a character in Sam & Max Hit the Road computer game
• Bruno the Kid, the lead character in the 1990s animated series
• Bruno, a pseudonym used by actor Bruce Willis
• Bruno, a character in the Sesame Street television show
• Bruno, a character from Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno
• Bruno, a character in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• Bruno, a robot from Mega Man Legends
• Bruno, a dog in Disney's animated feature Cinderella
• Bruno, 1930s animated cartoon pet dog belonging to Bosko
• Bruno, a character in the Pokémon video game
• Brüno Gehard, a character portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen on television and in the 2009 film Brüno
• Bruno Antony, the primary antagonist in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Strangers on a Train
• Bruno Cortona, character in the 1948 film The Easy Life
• Bruno Gianelli, a character in the TV series The West Wing
• Bruno J. Global, a character in Macross
• Bruno Mannheim, a character in DC Comics
• Bruno Martelli, a character on the TV series Fame
• Bruno Martinez, a character in Grim Fandango
• Bruno Ricci, character in the 1948 film Bicycle Thieves
• Bruno Von Stickle, a character in Disney's Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
• Bruno von Falk, a fictional character in the novel Suite Française and the 2015 film of the same name

Notable surnames

• Alessio Bruno (born 1994) Italian footballer
• Billi Bruno (born 1997), actress
• Angelo Bruno (1911–1980), former boss of the Philadelphia crime family
• Chris Bruno (born 1966), actor
• Dylan Bruno, American actor
• Federico Bruno (born 1993), Argentine distance runner
• Francesco Bruno (born 1968), Italian sport shooter
• Francesco Faà di Bruno, Italian mathematician and priest
• Frank Bruno (born 1961), boxer,
• Gioia Bruno, musician
• Giordano Bruno (died 1600), Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist, executed for heresy
• Giovanni Bruno, Italian footballer
• James Bruno, American author
• J. Jon Bruno, Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles
• Joseph Bruno, New York politician
• Nick Bruno, eighth president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Quentin Bruno, singer, dancer and actor
• Salvatore Bruno, Italian football striker
• Sébastien Bruno, French rugby union player
• Tory Bruno, Aerospace executive and President and CEO of United Launch Alliance

Fictional surnames

• Giorgio Bruno, a character in the video game Time Crisis 4
• Jimmy Bruno, a character in Cold Case appearing in the episode "Forever Blue"

See also

• Bruno