Given name & surname
Bruna
“a dark-haired woman”
Bruna is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a dark-haired woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a dark-haired woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bruna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,069
- 0 boys · 1,069 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,589 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +80%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,589 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 80.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1920. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,878 as a first name in 2020; 580 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bruna’s family of names
Bruna has a related form in Brunella. Bruna has a related form in Brunetta. Bruna has a related form in Brune.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bruna
- Bruna MarquezineBrazilian actress (born 1995)
- Bruna AbdullahBrazilian actressborn 1986
- Bruna CusíSpanish actressborn 1986
- Bruna Colombetti-PeronciniItalian fencer (1936–2008)
- Bruna TakahashiBrazilian table tennis playerborn 2000
- Bruna de PaulaBrazilian handball playerborn 1996
- Bruna FerrazAdult actressborn 1981
- Bruna BenitesBrazilian footballerborn 1985
- Bruna LinzmeyerBrazilian actressborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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