Italian · Boy name
Gino
“short form of Luigino, Giorgino or Ambrogino”
About the name Gino
Gino is an Italian short form of names ending in -gino, especially Luigino, a diminutive of Luigi, as well as Giorgino and Ambrogino. Its meaning therefore depends on the longer name: Luigi comes from the Germanic name Hludwig, ‘famous battle’, while Ambrogio comes from Greek ambrosios, ‘immortal’. Gino Bartali was an Italian road cyclist who won the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia and was later honored for helping Jews escape persecution in wartime Italy.
- Meaning
- short form of Luigino, Giorgino or Ambrogino
- Origin
- Italian
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- JEE-no(2 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Gino
- Gino Michael
- Gino Joseph
- Gino Antonio
- Gino David
- Gino James
Questions about Gino
- What does Gino mean?
- Gino is an Italian name meaning "short form of Luigino, Giorgino or Ambrogino".
- How do you pronounce Gino?
- Gino is pronounced JEE-no, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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