Given name & surname
Kuno
“a bold advisor”·“an honest advisor”
Kuno is a diminutive of Konrad. One Polish interpretation is “a bold advisor.” Kuno is a variant of Koen. One German interpretation is “an honest advisor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kuno is a diminutive of Konrad. One Polish interpretation is “a bold advisor.” Kuno is a variant of Koen. One German interpretation is “an honest advisor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kuno is a diminutive of Konrad. An origin associated with Konrad is Polish. Kuno is a variant of Koen. An origin associated with Koen is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Kuno is a diminutive of Konrad.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kuno through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 301 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.
Kuno’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Kuno is a diminutive of Konrad. Kuno has a related form in Koen. In Japanese usage, Kuno as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 久乃.
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Around the world
Kuno has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
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 Kuno
- Kuno FischerGerman philosopher (1824–1907)
- Kuno KlötzerGerman footballer and manager (1922–2011)
- Kuno von KlebelsbergHungarian politician, Minister of Culture (1875–1932)
- Kuno von WestarpGerman lawyer, civil servant and politician (DkP, DNVP, KVP), MdR (1864-1945)
- Kuno MeyerGerman Celtic scholar (1858-1919)
- Kuno von MoltkeGerman general (1847–1923)
- Kuno von SteubenPrussian World War I general (1855–1935)
- Kuno II von FalkensteinBishop of Trier (1320-1388)
- Cuno of PraenesteCatholic cardinal1050–1122
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