Given name & surname
Saturnino
Saturnino is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
Saturnino developed from Saturnus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Saturnino is a variant of Saturn. The history of Saturn gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Saturn is associated with the god of agriculture.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Saturnino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 601
- 601 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 15 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,948 as a first name in 2020; 250 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.
Saturnino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Saturnino has a feminine form in Saturnina. Saturnino has a related form in Saturn. In Portuguese usage, Saturnino has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Saturnin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Saturnino has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Saturnino
- Nino ManfrediItalian actor, screenwriter, and film director (1921–2004)
- Saturnino OsorioSalvadoran footballer (1945-1980)
- Saturnino MartínezMexican footballer (1927-1960)
- Saturnino de la Fuente GarcíaSpanish supercentenarian1909–2022
- Saturnino ArrúaParaguayan football player/coachborn 1949
- Saturnino HerránMexican painter (1887–1918)
- Saturnino Lizano GutiérrezPresident of Costa Rica (1826-1905)
- Saturnino BragaBrazilian engineer and politician (1931–2024)
- Saturnino Álvarez BugallalSpanish minister (1834-1885)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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