Given name & surname
Bernardino
Bernardino is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bernardino is a diminutive of Bernardo. Bernardo comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Italian usage, Bernardino is a diminutive of Bernardo. In Italian usage, Bernardino is a diminutive of Bernardina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bernardino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,649
- 1,649 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −61%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,830 as a first name in 2020; 3,025 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bernardino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Bernardino is a diminutive of Bernardo. Bernardino has a feminine form in Bernardina. In Italian usage, Bernardino has a related form in Dino.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bernardino has relatives in 5 languages.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bernardino
- PinturicchioItalian painter (1454-1513)
- Bernardino RivadaviaFirst President of Argentina (born 1780-1845)
- Bernardino TelesioItalian philosopher1509–1588
- Bernardino of SienaItalian Franciscan and saint (1380–1444)
- Bernardino Luini16th century Italian painter (1475-1532)1480–1532
- Bernardino MachadoPortuguese president (1851-1944)
- Bernardino RamazziniItalian malariologist (1633-1714)
- Bernardino CaballeroParaguayan politician (1839-1912)
- PasieguitoSpanish association football player and football manager (1925-2002)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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