Given name & surname
Pino
“God will add”
In Italian use, Pino is a diminutive of Giuseppe. In Italian use, Giuseppe carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Pino is a diminutive of Giuseppe. In Italian use, Giuseppe carries the interpretation “God will add.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pino is a diminutive of Giuseppe. Giuseppe comes from Latin, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Italian usage, Pino is a diminutive of Giuseppe. Pino is a short form of Giuseppe.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 5 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 1975. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020; 10,860 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.
Pino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Pino is a diminutive of Giuseppe. In Spanish usage, Pino has a conventional equivalent in Artidë. Pino is a short form of Giuseppe.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pino has relatives in 5 languages.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pino
- Pino DanieleItalian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1955-2015)
- Pino DordoniItalian racewalker (1926–1998)
- Pino PuglisiItalian beatified priest (1937–1993)
- Pino PaganiItalian journalist and radio speaker (1937-2023)
- Pino CarusoItalian actor (1934–2019)
- Pino CeramiItalian/Belgian cyclist (1922–2014)
- Pino PalladinoWelsh bassistborn 1957
- Pino DonaggioItalian recording artist; singer and composerborn 1941
- Pino D'AngiòItalian musician (1952–2024)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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