Given name & surname
Delfino
“dolphin”
Delfino is a masculine given name. It is used in Italian.
Original GreekΔελφίνο
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delfino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,360
- 2,360 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,940 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,940 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,714 as a first name in 2020; 1,649 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.
Delfino’s family of names
In Greek usage, Delfino as a surname is a transliteration of Δελφίνο.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Delfino
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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