Brunella

Girls' name

Diminutive of Bruno

Brunella has been given to 75 babies in the U.S. since 1949. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1953, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Brunella, 2018

1 in 586,000

Brunella over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Brunella: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Bruno

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Brunella means

Brunella is a diminutive of Bruno.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Brunella is used in Italian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /bru.ˈnɛl.la/ for Brunella.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Brunella → Bruno. The family’s meaning is “brown”, recorded in English with the source elements brūn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bruno.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 75 girls were recorded with the name Brunella between 1949 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1953; its best national rank was #3,982 in 1953.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Brunella?

Brunella had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 586,000; 6 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only: 1 in 283,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 406,284 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Brunella sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 406,284 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Brunella. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Brunellas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Brunella was born before 1955 — so the typical Brunella is around 70 today.

Median birth year: 1955; About 70 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 72.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 14.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 70; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 72.0% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Brunella rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1953 (9)
Years since peak: 72; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,982; 1953

Spellings of Brunella

Brunella is not the most common spelling — Briella is, with 93.0% against Brunella's 0.46%.

Briella93.0%15,051
Brunilda6.5%1,057
Brunella0.46%75

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Brunella around the world

Where Brunella ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2011
#5,785
in 2011
France
1956–2021
#5,098
in 2021
South Australia
1967–1973
#695
in 1973

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Brunella by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,982; 1953
Peak year: 1953; 9 that year
First recorded: 1949
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 75
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Brunella

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Amabella Leonella Luciella Aeriella Aricella Avabella Myrcella Zariella Brunette Emriella Dariella Adiella Orabella Rosebella Eriella Cristella Marybella Israella Maiella Noriella Ariebella Averiella Isobella Mayella

Sibling names for Brunella

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Louann Nanci Randy Marita Jacalyn Oralia Luanne Kathlyn

For a brother

Jacky Ike Dannie Val Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold

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