Bruno is a Germanic name derived from brun and means "brown", though some scholars link it to the word for "armor". Saint Bruno of Cologne founded the Carthusian order in the 11th century, and the singer Bruno Mars gave the name a new pop sparkle in the 2010s. In the United States Bruno has been in the top 1000 every year since 2000, when it ranked number 967; it peaked at number 625 in 2022 and stands at number 740 in 2025.