Given name & surname
Tino
“a man of small stature”
Tino is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “a man of small stature.”
Original ItalianSantino
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “a man of small stature.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Tino is a diminutive of Florentino. In Asturian usage, Tino is a diminutive of Celestino.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,034
- 2,034 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,413 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,413 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 44 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,339 as a first name in 2020; 1,033 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.
Tino’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Tino is a diminutive of Florentino. Tino has a related form in Teano. In Asturian usage, Tino is a diminutive of Celestino.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tino
- Tino InsanaAmerican actor (1948-2017)
- Tino RossiFrench singer (1907–1983)
- Tino ChrupallaGerman politicianborn 1975
- Tino LivramentoEnglish association football player (born 2002)
- Tino KadewereZimbabwean association football playerborn 1996
- Tino AnjorinBritish association football player (born 2001)
- Tino EdelmannGerman Nordic combined skierborn 1985
- Tino di CamainoItalian sculptor1280–1337
- Tino ContiItalian cyclist (1945–2026)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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