Given name & surname
Santino
“a holy man”
Santino is a variant of Santo. One Italian interpretation is “a holy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Santino is a variant of Santo. One Italian interpretation is “a holy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Santino is a variant of Santo. An origin associated with Santo is Italian.
Explained through its name family
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
Santino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,624
- 13,624 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 934 babies
- 2025
- 934
- #353 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +50%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 934 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 353 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 49.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (206). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,673 as a first name in 2020; 770 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.
Santino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Santino has a diminutive in Tino. In Italian usage, Santino has a feminine form in SANTINA. Santino has a related form in Santo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Santino
- Santino MarellaCanadian professional wrestlerborn 1974
- Santino FontanaAmerican actorborn 1982
- Santino QuarantaAmerican soccer playerborn 1984
- Santino FerrucciAmerican racing driverborn 1998
- Santino SolariItalian architect (1576-1646)
- Santino RiceAmerican fashion designerborn 1974
- Santino SpinelliItalian musician, composer and teacherborn 1964
- Santino RocchettiItalian singer-songwriterborn 1946
- Santino Di MatteoItalian Mafia memberborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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