# Bruno

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɹunoʊ/ · frequency rank #9,446

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname from Italian.
3. A name for the bear.
4. A placename
5. A placename
6. A placename
7. A placename

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **bun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-bun)
- **bunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-bunk)
- **buns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-buns)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-bryn)
- **bunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-bunt)
- **bruv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-bruv)
- **bund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-bund)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-brut)
- **bung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-bung)
- **brush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-brush)
- **brute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-brute)
- **brunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruno-vs-brunt)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bro-vs-bruno)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bru-vs-bruno)
- **bruh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bruh-vs-bruno)
- **bran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bran-vs-bruno)
- **bren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bren-vs-bruno)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brin-vs-bruno)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bring-vs-bruno)
- **brand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brand-vs-bruno)

## Common misspellings (7)
`bbruno`, `brnuo`, `brruno`, `brunno`, `bruon`, `burno`, `rbuno`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bruno