Given name & surname

Santini

Santini is a surname from Italian. It is used in English and Italian.

Original ItalianSanti

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Santini comes from Italian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Italian usage, Santini as a surname is a diminutive of Santi.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Santini through the years

Babies since 1880
9
9 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1979
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19790.0
Santini in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1979–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,183 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.

Santini’s family of names

In Italian usage, Santini as a surname is a diminutive of Santi. In Greek usage, Santini as a surname is a transliteration of Σαντίνη.

Walk Santini’s family in the name graph

SantiniΣαντίνηSanti

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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