Kuno (first name)
Kuno is an old German male given name .
Kuno is the short form of Konrad and names that are formed with "Kuni-", such as B. Kunibert .
The name was revived by the chivalric novels around 1800 and in the following time very popular as a first name in aristocratic circles.
Well-known namesake
- Kuno von Alvensleben (1588–1638), Canon of Magdeburg
- Kuno Bärenbold (1946–2008), German writer
- Kuno Böse (* 1949), German historian and Bremen senator
- Kuno von Disibodenberg († 1155), abbot of the Benedictine - Disibodenberg
- Kuno II. Von Falkenstein (actually Konrad von Falkenstein ; ~ 1320–1388), Archbishop and Elector of Trier
- Kuno von Falkenstein (Höllental) († 1343), German nobleman, fiefdom holder from the Höllental
- Kuno Fischer (1824–1907), German philosopher
- Kuno Gonschior (1935–2010), German artist
- Kuno Hämisegger (1956–2018), Swiss economist and banker
- Kuno Kamphausen (1900–1934), German politician
- Kuno Klötzer (1922–2011), German football coach
- Kuno Kruse (* 1953), German journalist
- Kuno Lauener (* 1961), Swiss singer
- Kuno Lorenz (* 1932), German philosopher
- Kuno von Minden († 1266), Bishop of Minden
- Kuno von Moltke (1847–1923), German lieutenant general
- Kuno I von Munzenberg († 1207), official of the Hohenstaufen kings
- Kuno von Northeim († 1103), Count of Beichlingen
- Kuno von Regensburg for Konrad I von Raitenbuch (around 1070–1132), Abbot of Siegburg and Bishop of Regensburg
- Kuno I von Rott (~ 1015-1086), Count Palatine of Bavaria
- Kuno II von Rott († 1081), son of the Count Palatine of Bavaria Kuno I von Rott
- Kuno Petsch (1923–1967), German composer
- Kuno von Pfullingen (~ 1016–1066), Archbishop of Trier
- Kuno von Praeneste († 1122), Bishop of Palestrina
- Kuno von Stoffeln (* before 1365, † 1411), from 1379 until his death Prince Abbot of St. Gallen
- Kuno von Westarp (1864–1945), German politician
- Kuno Winn (* 1945), German politician
Literary figures
- Kuno in Ludwig Tieck - The blonde Eckbert (art fairy tale)
- Kuno in Wilhelm Hauff - The legend of the Hirschgulden
- Hereditary forester Kuno in Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz (Opera)
swell
- Margit Eberhard-Wabnitz & Horst Leisering - Knaur's first name book -, Droemersche Verlagsanstalt 1985 ,. ISBN 3-426-26189-8
- Günther Drosdowski - Duden Lexicon of First Names: Origin, Meaning and Use of several thousand first names , Bibliographisches Institut (Dudenverlag), Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1974