Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mino 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 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 7 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 as a first name in 2020; 1,282 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.
Mino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Mino has a later derivative in MINELLI. In Italian usage, Mino has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Kubuś. In Italian usage, Mino has a later derivative in MINUCCI.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mino has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 12
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mino
- Mino De RossiItalian racing cyclist (1931–2022)
- Mino MartinazzoliItalian political party leader and Minister (1931-2011)
- Mino DentiItalian road bicycle racerborn 1945
- Mino GuerriniItalian actor and director (1927-1990)
- Mino DoroItalian actor (1903-1992)
- Mino VergnaghiItalian singer and composerborn 1955
- Mino LoyItalian film director, screenwriter and film producerborn 1933
- Mino CaprioItalian actorborn 1955
- Mino MaccariItalian writer, painter and editor (1898-1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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