Dino

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Dino is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name140K records spelled Dino83 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Chinese

  Also written Diño, Dano, ดีหนอ, Dinoe, Duno

• Croatian given name57K records spelled Dino14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Philippines, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian

  Also written Дино, Diño, Dinő, Dìno

• Indonesian given name10K records spelled Dino4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Diño

• a separate given name8.3K records spelled Dino2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Pakistan, Ethiopia

  Also written Diño

• Hindi given name7.5K records spelled Dino5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Diño, Dinó

• Hungarian given name2.4K records spelled Dino8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Finland, United States, Hungary

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Dinó, Dínó, Diño, DÎno

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Dino is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A dinosaur (type of animal).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, obsolete spelling of digno

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, redução popular de nomes em -dino; patronímico de Ser Dino

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Swedish, Dino är från början en italiensk eller spansk kortform till namn som Bernardino (→ Bernhard) och används i många länder som ett självständigt namn.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Spanish, Italiano; diminutivo de nombres como Bernardino, Corradino, Orlandino, Rinaldino, Aldobrandino o Edoardino.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 114 years between 1912–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dino Grandib. 1895ITItalian politician (1895–1988)
• Dino Risib. 1916ITItalian film director (1916-2008)
• Dinu Lipattib. 1917ROnot in their usual nameRomanian pianist and composer (1917–1950)
• Dino De Laurentiisb. 1919ITItalian film producer (1919–2010)
• Dino Zoffb. 1942ITItalian association football player and manager
• Dino Meneghinb. 1950ITItalian basketball player (born 1950)
• Dino Merlinb. 1962BABosnian singer
• Dino Baggiob. 1971ITItalian association football player
• Dino Moreab. 1975INIndian actor, model, film producer
• Dino Toppmöllerb. 1980DEGerman football manager (born 1980)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,016 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dino?

We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Dino (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Dino have the most bearers?

Dino is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled dino.

Where is Dino most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dino is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 582 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Dino compared with other names?

In Italy, Dino is the 589th most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.

Is Dino a male or female name?

Dino is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Dino mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name (derived from the abbreviated diminutives as its own form, independent of original diminution)