60%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Italian, Carolingian Cycle Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Diminutive of Bruno. This is the name of a Saracen thief in the Italian epic Orlando poems (1483 and 1532) by Boiardo and Ariosto. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details DiminutiveNelloFeminine FormBrunaOther Languages & CulturesBruno(Croatian) Bruno(Czech) Bruno(French) Bruno(German) Bruno(Germanic) Bruno(Latvian) Broen(Limburgish) Bruno(Polish) Bruno(Portuguese) Bruno(Slovak) Bruno(Spanish) Categories armor, brown, colors, defence, diminutives, protection