Dino

Where Dino comes from

Borrowed from Italian Dino.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dino
  • Italian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1906
    Dino Buzzati born
    Italian writer
  2. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1942
    Dino Zoff born
    Italian association football player and manager
  4. 1960
    Peak, #404
    386 babies named Dino — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #610.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, feminine equivalent Dina.
Namesakes
  • Dino Zoff · Italian association football player and manager, born 1942
  • Dino Buzzati · Italian writer, 1906–1972
  • Dino Risi · Italian film director, 1916–2008
  • Dino Baggio · Italian association football player, born 1971
  • Dino Merlin · Bosnian singer, born 1962

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.