Male name
Bruno
1,999 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2018. Expression number: 7.
Origin
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Bruno”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2018: 117 births. 1,999 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 1998. It is still given: 417 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2022: 448 births. 18,875 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 2020s. It really came into use around 1900. It is still given: 1,959 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2016: 19 births. 212 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 66 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 220,860 | 1900–2025 | 8th in 1963 |
| Argentina | 50,159 | 2012–2023 | 32nd in 2020 |
| Switzerland | 25,833* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 2,961 | 1980–2025 | 40th in 1984 |
| Berlin | 1,156 | 2012–2023 | 36th in 2022 |
| Austria | 1,011 | 1984–2025 | 94th in 2025 |
| Belgium | 58 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
2 + 9 + 3 + 5 + 6 = 25 → 7
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
3 + 6 = 9
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
2 + 9 + 5 = 16 → 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 4, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 2 · cooperation, sensitivity, connection
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.