Nuño
Nuño or Nunyo is a masculine given name of Latin origin. Its Portuguese form is Nuno . Its patronymic is Núñez. Already in the Middle Ages the name was being confused with the similar but distinct name Munio.
The meaning of the name is disputed. It could come from late Latin, meaning 'tutor', later 'monk'. The classicist Iiro Kajanto proposed a Celtic origin, since the name is mainly found in formerly Celtic-speaking parts of Spain.
People with the given name Nuño
- Nuño Rasura, one of two legendary judges of Castile
- Nuño Fernández, count of Castile
- Nuño I (bishop of Mondoñedo), a medieval Galician bishop
- Nuño Álvarez de Carazo, a Castilian nobleman, diplomat, and warrior
- Nuño Alfonso, a medieval Galician bishop
- Nuño Pérez de Lara. a Castilian nobleman, politician and military leader
- Nuño Sánchez, a nobleman in the Crown of Aragon
- Nuño González de Lara (died 1275), a Castilian nobleman, royal counsellor and military leader
- Nuño González de Lara (died 1291), a Castilian nobleman and military leader of the House of Lara
- Nuño González de Lara (died 1296), a Castilian noble of the House of Lara
- Nuño de Guzmán, a Spanish conquistador and colonial administrator in New Spain
- Nuño Deneef, a Belgian/Italian historian
People with the surname Nuño
- Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño was a Spanish art historian, author, teacher, and art critic.