Nino
[ˈniːnoʊ]Meaning
short form of names ending in -nino, such as Giannino and Antonino
Background Story
Nino is an Italian masculine name used as a short form of Giannino, Antonino, Saturnino, Severino and other names ending in -nino, and also of Gaetano and Giovanni. It is used as well in Greece, Spain and the Hispanosphere, and in South Slavic countries it is a hypocorism of Ninoslav and of Nikola. A separate Georgian name, popular as a feminine name, is of Assyrian origin and was spread by Saint Nino, a Greek-speaking woman from Asia Minor who introduced Christianity to Georgia in the 4th century.
Temperament
Variations
Ninny, Ninino
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