Lino
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: Latin Linus, from Greek mythic Linos; probably from Greek/Latin linon/linum ‘flax’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/lino/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lino is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 3.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 3.3K
- PYParaguay≈1 in 3.9K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 243 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈18,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Venezuela, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Latin Linus, from Greek mythic Linos; probably from Greek/Latin linon/linum ‘flax’.
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
How Lino is read(measured from records)
Lino is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 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.
- Spanish47%
- Portuguese27%
from Gk, but of unknown ultimate origin and meaning). According to classical legend this was the name of a cele¬ brated singer and poet, the son of Apollo and the teacher of Orpheus and Hercules. Later it was borne by a ist-cent. saint, the immediate successor of St Peter as Pope.
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- English12%
Clipping of linoleum.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Lino 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | Lino | 46 |
| IT Italy | #598 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 4K | — | Lino | 140 |
| PE Peru | #452 | ≈9,600 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Lino | 73 |
| VE Venezuela | #493 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | — | Lino | 49 |
| BR Brazil | #491 | 8,173 | 1 in 26K | 11K | Lino | 167 |
| AO Angola | #212 | ≈4,500 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | — | Lino | 29 |
| PT Portugal | #333 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | listed | Lino | 94 |
| PY Paraguay | #466 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Lino | 21 |
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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Lino 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.
In French, From Latin Linus, a Greek mythological name, or short form of names in Lin-.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a linen weaver, from lino ‘linen’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
from the medieval personal name Lino (Latin Linus), or from a short form of a personal name ending with -lino.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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)
- Lino Venturab. 1919ITItalian actor
- Lino Lacedellib. 1925ITItalian mountain climber (1925–2009)
- Lino Troisib. 1932ITItalian actor (1932-1998)
- Lino Toffolob. 1934ITItalian actor, singer-songwriter and comedian (1934–2016)
- Lino Banfib. 1936ITItalian actor
- Lino Capolicchiob. 1943ITItalian actor
- Lino Oviedob. 1943PYParaguayan politician and former military general (1943-2013)
- Gustavo Adrianzénb. 1966PEnot in their usual namePeruvian lawyer and politician
- Lino Faciolib. 2000BRBrazilian actor
- Guillaume Restesb. 2005FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 2005)
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)
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 94 sources across 47 countries.
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Is Lino a male or female name?
- Lino 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 Lino mean, and where does it come from?
- Latin Linus, from Greek mythic Linos; probably from Greek/Latin linon/linum ‘flax’. Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- How do you pronounce Lino?
- A machine transcription gives /lino/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What are other forms of the name Lino?
- In the etymology graph, Linus and Linas are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Lino have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Lino in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lino.
- How common is the name Lino?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 8,173 people named Lino in 2022, about 1 in 26 thousand residents.
- How common is Lino compared with other names?
- In Angola, Lino is the 212th most common given name of 11,132 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/linoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Lino” — the 212th most common given name in Angola. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.