Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Waino isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Waino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 347
- 347 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 28 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 6 in 1954. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 1915.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Waino’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Waino
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Waino, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Wilbur
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95% boys · 5% girls
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>99% boys