Santino is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning “little saint.” In 2024 it was given to 908 boys in the United States.
Santino at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Italian
Meaning
“little saint”
About the name Santino
Santino belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “little saint” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Santino first appears in Social Security records in 1913. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #362 in 2024, and in 2024 908 babies received the name — 12,683 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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