Given name & surname
Breno
Breno is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Breno isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Breno through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 421 as a first name in 2020; 120 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Breno’s family of names
Breno may belong to the same name family as BRENNO. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Breno
- BrenoBrazilian footballerborn 1989
- Breno LopesBrazilian footballerborn 1996
- Breno BidonBrazilian footballerborn 2005
- Breno CezarBrazilian association football playerborn 1995
- Breno MelloBrazilian footballer and manager (1931–2008)
- Breno CorreiaBrazilian swimmerborn 1999
- Breno LorranBrazilian footballerborn 1995
- Breno GiacominiAmerican football offensive linemanborn 1985
- Breno LopesBrazilian association football playerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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