Nuno

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Nuno is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name45K records spelled Nuno14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Portugal, Finland, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Nuño, Nuňo, Nuno Espirito Santo, Nunó, Ñuño

• Catalan given name4.4K records spelled Nuno4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Nunó, Nuño, Ñuño

• a separate given name4.2K records spelled Nuno6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Nuño, Nuńo, Nunõ, Ñuño, Nuňo

• Italian given name1.2K records spelled Nuno3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy

  Also written Nuño, Nùno

• Arabic given name938 records spelled Nuno5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Spain

  Also written Nuño, Nuńo, Nūnõ

• Danish given name884 records spelled Nuno8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Iceland, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Icelandic

  Also written Nûno, Nuño

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Nuno is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from a medieval personal name, first attested in the Latin form Nunnus, of uncertain derivation.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ぬの

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Filipino, ancestor

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In car, moon

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nuno Álvares Pereirab. 1360PTPortuguese nobleman
• Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganzab. 1907ATDuke of Braganza (1907–1976)
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousab. 1948PTnot in their usual namePortuguese politician and academic, former President of Portugal
• Nuno Nabiamb. 1966GWPrime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
• Nuno Bettencourtb. 1966PTPortuguese guitarist
• Nuno Espírito Santob. 1974PTPortuguese footballer and manager (born 1974)
• Nuno Valenteb. 1974PTPortuguese footballer
• Nuno Gomesb. 1976PTPortuguese footballer (born 1976)
• Nuno Tavaresb. 2000PTPortuguese association football player
• Nuno Mendesb. 2002PTPortuguese footballer (born 2002)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 191 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nuno?

We estimate roughly 5.4 thousand people bear Nuno (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Nuno have the most bearers?

Nuno is most frequently recorded in Portugal, where it is most often spelled nuno.

How common is Nuno compared with other names?

In Portugal, Nuno is the 14th most common given name of 19,429 given names recorded there.

Is Nuno a male or female name?

Nuno is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Nuno mean?

Recorded meaning: attested in the L forms Nunnius and Nonnius and is of un¬ certain origin.