Nino
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Short form used in several languages; often a diminutive of Giovanni, Antonio, or names in -nino
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈninjoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nino is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Georgia than in any other country, where it is the most common given name.
- USUnited States1 in 75K(measured from records)
- GEGeorgia1 in 35as ნინო
- HRCroatia1 in 1.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nino itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Georgia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 166 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)
115,528 named ნინო
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Croatia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(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 used in several languages; often a diminutive of Giovanni, Antonio, or names in -nino.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Nino, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nino 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Georgia | #1 | 115,528as ნინო | 1 in 35 | 116K | Nino | 145 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Nino | 30 |
| FR France | — | ≈7,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.7K | 24K | — | 2 |
| US United States | — | 4,418 | 1 in 75K | 11K | Nino | 166 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 25K | 42K | — | 8 |
| HR Croatia | — | 2,506 | 1 in 1.7K | 2.5K | — | — |
| AT Austria | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 7.2K | 1.4K | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | — | 1,000 | 1 in 2.1K | 1K | — | 2 |
115,528 people counted by Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API), counting the spelling ნინო. 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: Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)
Nino 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.
nickname from Spanish niho ‘child’, ‘boy’. This was often given to a first-bom son as a familiar name.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Spanish, uncertain origin; apparent cogns. are found in various dia¬ lects of Catalonia, Provence, and S Italy). This was often given to a first-born son as a familiar name, and in some cases persisted to adulthood. Cogns.: Jewish (Sefardic): Nin(i)o, Ninyo (reason(s) for adop¬ tion unknown).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In Spanish, certain origin; apparent cogns. are found in various dialects of Catalonia, Provence, and S Italy). This was often given to a first-born son as a familiar name, and in some cases persisted to adulthood. Nirenberg see Nierenberg Nirney see McNairn Nigg see Nicholas Nisard see Dennis
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
from the personal name Nino, a short form of Antonino or Giovannino, pet forms of Antonio and Giovanni respectively.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
from the personal name Ninos, a pet form of Konstantinos (see Constantine).
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)
- Nino Sanzognob. 1911ITItalian conductor and composer (1911–1983)
- Nino Baraglib. 1925ITItalian film editor (1925–2013)
- Nino Cerrutib. 1930ITCouturier (1930–2022)
- Nino Castelnuovob. 1936ITItalian actor (1936-2021)
- Nino Frassicab. 1950ITItalian actor (born 1950)
- Nina Ananiashvilib. 1963GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian artist
- Nino Burjanadzeb. 1964GEGeorgian politician and lawyer, Speaker of Parliament (2001–2008) and twice acting President of Georgia
- Nino Schurterb. 1986CHSwiss racing cyclist
- Floyd Ayitéb. 1988FRnot in their usual nameTogolese-French footballer (born 1988)
- NinosIQnot in their usual namemythical founder of Nineveh
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 102 sources across 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 24K | #45 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.4K | #4,299 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 2.5K | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 2.5K | #323 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 1.4K | #112 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.1K | #4,299 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 1K | #391 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 1K | #186 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2024 | 66 | #113 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 30 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Nino a male or female name?
- Nino is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Nino have the most bearers?
- In Georgia, the national register counted about 116 thousand people named ნინო, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Nino most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nino is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 1.7 thousand people — even though Georgia holds more of our records for it.
- What does the name Nino mean, and where does it come from?
- Short form used in several languages; often a diminutive of Giovanni, Antonio, or names in -nino. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What are other forms of the name Nino?
- In the etymology graph, Jackie, Jocky and Jockie are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Giovanni and Antonino.
- How do you pronounce Nino?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈninjoʊ/ (IPA) for Georgian.
- How common is the name Nino?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,418 people named Nino in 2020, about 1 in 75 thousand residents.
- How common is Nino compared with other names?
- In Georgia, Nino is the most common given name of 12,900 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ninoThe 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, “Nino” — the most common given name in Georgia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.