Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Adelino isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adelino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 58
- 58 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 570 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adelino’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adelino
- VieirinhaPortuguese footballer (born 1986)
- Adelino da Palma CarlosPortuguese politician (1905-1992)
- NenoPortuguese footballer (1962–2021)
- Adelino FontouraBrazilian actor (1859–1884)
- Adelino Amaro da CostaPortuguese politician (1943–1980)
- AdelinoBrazilian footballerborn 1994
- Adelino NunesPortuguese footballerborn 1960
- Adelino TrindadeEast Timorese footballerborn 1995
- LinoGuinea-Bissauan footballerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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