Valentino - Origin and Meaning of the name

The boy name Valentino [ 4 syll. va-len-ti-no, val-ent-ino ] is pronounced as VAELahNTIYNow ^KEY. Valentino is an Italian name of Latin origin. Tino (Italian short form) is a variant of Valentino. Valentino is a variant form of the name Valentine (English).

Valentino is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 2006 with 0.009% of baby boys being given the name Valentino. Its ranking then was #967. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is currently of irregular use. Among all boy names in its group, Valentino was nonetheless the most popular in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Valentino include Valentim (Portuguese), Valentin (Czech, French, German, Russian, and Scandinavian), Valentine (English), and Valentín (Spanish).

^KEY: English pronunciation for Valentino: V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"

A famous person named Valentino is Valentino Rossi, Motorcycle Racer, born 16 February 1979, Urbino, Italy.

Popularity Trend
for Valentino
from 1900 to 2007

Variant Popularity Chart
for Valentino
in 2007