Gino

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒiːnow/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gino is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 3.6K
  • CLChile≈1 in 7.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈37,000 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
346 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

GinoLatin(measured from records)
ጊኖEthiopic(measured from records)
გინოGeorgian(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Short form of any of the many given names ending in -gino, e.g. Giorgino, pet form of ciorcio, and Luigino, pet form of Luici. Feminine form: Gina.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

How Gino is read(measured from records)

Gino is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English30%

    A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Spanish30%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Gino in Spanish.

  • Italian15%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Gino in Italian.

  • French7.3%

    Origine germanique, signifie « glorieux combattant ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Diminutif italien de noms en -gino; souvent de Luigi, Eugenio ou Ambrogio.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gino counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gino is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈37,000 est.≈1 in 38K—Gino14
IT Italy#333≈31,000 est.≈1 in 2K21Gino159
PH Philippines—≈12,000 est.≈1 in 9.5K—Gino68
US United States—11,0501 in 30K11KGino346
PE Peru#673≈8,900 est.≈1 in 3.6K—Gino85
NL Netherlands—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 4.9K2.5KGino47
BE Belgium—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 3.4K1Gino47
CL Chile#733≈2,500 est.≈1 in 7.4K6Gino88

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gino is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Germany, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Gínó, Ginô

  • French given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, Belgium, United States

    Also written Gïno, Ginơ, Gìnõ, Gïñõ, Giño

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Italy

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Gīno

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ġino

  • Croatian given name19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Russia, Italy

    Languages: Croatian, Russian, Polish

    Also written Đino, Гино, Джино, Ђино

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, South Africa, Italy

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Ginö

  • Thai surname29 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, Philippines, United States, Peru

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written กูโน, กุโน, Kuno, คุโณ, กูโนะ

46 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(measured from records)

Gino is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Short form of any of the many given names ending in -gino, e.g. Giorgino, pet form of ciorcio, and Luigino, pet form of Luici. Feminine form: Gina.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • Italian: short form of any of the many given names ending in - gino , for example Ambrogino (a diminutive of Ambrogio ; see AMBROSE ), Biagino (a diminutive of BIAGIO ), Giorgino (a diminutive of GIORGIO ), and Luigino (a diminutive of LUIGI ).

    as a word

  • In aa, creation

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Gino Fano, b. 1871Gino Severini, b. 1883Gino Corrado, b. 1893Gino Cervi, b. 1901Gino Pollini, b. 1903Gino Bartali, b. 1914Gino Colaussi, b. 1914Gino Paoli, b. 1934Gino Vannelli, b. 1952Gino Infantino, b. 2003

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Gino,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 92 sources across 43 countries.

Official registers attesting Gino
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202011K#2,320
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—2.5K#1,189
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025166—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202053#2,320
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)202421#498
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20216—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19726—

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Gino come from?
Short form of any of the many given names ending in -gino, e.g. Giorgino, pet form of ciorcio, and Luigino, pet form of Luici. Feminine form: Gina. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What are other forms of the name Gino?
In the etymology graph, Luis, Jorge and George are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Luigi and Giorgio.
In which country does Gino have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 37 thousand people named Gino in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gino.
How do you pronounce Gino?
A machine transcription gives /dʒiːnow/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Gino mean?
In English, A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.
Is Gino a male or female name?
Gino 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.
How common is the name Gino?
In the United States, the national register counted 11,050 people named Gino in 2020, about 1 in 30 thousand residents.
How common is Gino compared with other names?
In Italy, Gino is the 333rd most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gino” — the 333rd most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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