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Most Popular Italian Surnames — Bruno

Number 10 Italian Surname Bruno

I didn’t have any of the first 9 surnames in my family, but have some Bruno’s going back to Bari in my family tree.

The Italian Bruno surname has a few possible sources. It is a patronymicname created from the originally Germanic personal name Bruno. It evolved as a nicknamefrom the Italian word “bruno,” meaning “brown,” referring to the hair color or perhaps complexion. It may also have evolved as a habitational name from a place name, such as Bruno, in Asti province.

Early Origins of the Bruno family

The surname Bruno was first found in Florence (Italian: Firenze), originally the capital of Tuscany, then capital of the kingdom of Italy. The Bruno or Bruni family were originally from Arezzo but this part of their early history is not traceable. The Brunelli family are on record in Venicefrom 1151. During the 11th and 12th centuries the family branched from Florence south to Norman dominated Sicilywhere Giovanni di Bruno held a castle in Palermo in 1282.

Early History of the Bruno family

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Bruno Spelling Variations

Spelling variationsof this family name include: Bruno, Bruni, di Bruno, di Bruni, Bruni, Bruno, Bruna, Brun, Brunèlli, Brunelli, Brunèllo, Brunello, Brunèlla, Brunella, Brunellèschi, Brunelleschi, Brunètti, Brunetti, Brunetto, Brunètto, Brunini, Bruntti, Brunotti, Brunne, Brunone, Brunacci, Brunazzi, Brunaldi, Brunati, Brunato, Brunatti, Brunèngo, Brunengo, Brunèri, Bruneri, Brunèro, Brunaccini, Brunamonti, Brunero, Brunèse, Brunese, Brunod, Brunri and many more.

Early Notables of the Bruno family (pre 1700)

Prominent among members of the family was Leonardo Bruni (or Leonardo Aretino) (c.1370-1444), an Italian humanist, historian and statesman; often called the first modern historian; Antonio Bruni of Manduria was a famous poet around 1600; Domenico Bruni (c.1600-1666), an Italian painter of the Baroque period; the Brunelli family in…
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From www.houseofnames.com 

Recorded in many spellings from Brown, Broune, and De Bruyn, to Brauner, Bruni and Brunet, this ancient and prolific surname derives, from a pre 7th century Germanic and Anglo-Saxon word “brun” or the Olde Norse personal name “Bruni”. Originally this name would probably have been a nationlistic or tribal nickname for a person with a brown complexion or hair, although it may also have referred to someone who habitually wore brown clothing, such as a monk or cleric. The baptismal name as Brun or the latinized Brunus, was a popular name in the period upto the introduction of surnames in the 12th century, see below. Irish name holders derive from 12th century Norman sources. In the west the Browne’s are the descendants of a knight called ” Hugo le Brun”, amd form one of the ancient “Tribes of Galway”, as recorded in the “Annals of the nine kings”. The Browne’s of Killarney form a separate branch and are descended from a later Elizabethan settler. Amongst the early surname recordings are those of Hugh Bron of Stafford, England, in the year 1274, and Hugo Brun of Erfurt, Germany, in 1407. Christopher Browne is recorded as being one of the very first settlers in the new American colonies. In the very first listing of the colonists of New England he is shown to be “living in Virginea, on February 16th 1623”.The first recorded spelling of the family name anywhere in the world is probably that of William le Brun, which was dated 1169, in the Pipe Rolls of the county of Northumberland, England. This was during the reign of King Henry 11, known as “The church builder”, 1154 – 1189.

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Notable historical names

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Bruno Stemma

First 9 Italian Surnames

Bruno Links

Bruno Link from Forbears

Bruno di Tornaforte Link from Libro d’Oro Counts of Samone

Bruno Link from igenea.  They have a research project for Marino.

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The Bruno DNA Project has been organized for all who wish to work together to find their common heritage through DNA testing and sharing of information. All variant spellings are welcome. If your Surname spelling is missing, we’ll be glad to add it. Please visit our website and add your family to the Patriarch Page.

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A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father’s father’s father’s…) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father’s Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father’s direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.

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