Bruni

Borrowed from Italian Bruni.

Bruni (plural Brunis)

1. A surname from Italian.
   • 2023 September 12, John McWhorter, “What Is 'It Is What It Is'?”, in New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 November 2023, retrieved 13 September 2023:

     I even discovered in writing this newsletter that my colleague Frank Bruni had taken the phrase to task last year (“the most degrading sequence of five words in the English language”) and William Safire had commented on it in The Times all the way back in 2006.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bruni is the 14532^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2051 individuals. Bruni is most common among White (91.42%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bruni”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 240.

• Bruin, Burin, Rubin, bruin, burin, rub in, rubin

Patronymic surname from the personal name Bruno.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbru.ni/

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• Homophone: bruni
• Rhymes: -uni

Bruni m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a patronymic

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026