Dino (given name)
Dino is a male given name.
The name is popular among Italians, where it means "little sword" or "little bear."
In the Balkans, Dino is popular among Bosniaks and Croats in the former Yugoslav nations. Among Bosniaks, the name is derived from the Arabic word دين, meaning "faith." It is similar to other popular names in this group, such as Edin and Adin. It is often used as a nickname for males with "din" in their name, as seen with Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović. This region also has a female equivalent: Dina, which is similar to Edina, another popular female name in the region.
Given name
- Dino or Dinon, ancient Greek historian
- Dino (Italian singer)
- Dino, real name Gilles Benizio, of French comic duo Shirley and Dino
- Dino (footballer, born 1917), full name Oswaldo Rodolfo da Silva, Brazilian football midfielder
- Dino (footballer, born 1978), full name Dino Gonçalo Castro Jorge, Brazilian football defender
- Dino (American singer), American DJ, singer-songwriter, and record producer
- Dino Abazović, Bosnian sociologist and professor
- Dino Abbrescia, Italian actor
- Dino Acconci, member of Hong Kong–based rock band Soler
- Dino Adriano, British businessman
- Dino Agote, Chilean footballer
- Dino Alfieri, Italian fascist politician and diplomat
- Dino Andrade, American voice actor
- Dino Arslanagić, Belgian professional footballer of Bosnian descent
- Dino Asciolla, member of the string group Quartetto Italiano
- Dino Attanasio, Italian-born Belgian comics writer and illustrator
- Dino Babers, American football coach
- Dino Baggio, Italian former professional footballer
- Dino Ballacci, Italian football player and manager
- Dino Ballarin, Italian footballer
- Dino Bardot, Scottish musician and songwriter
- Dino Barsotti, Italian rower
- Dino Basaldella, Italian sculptor and painter
- Dino Battaglia, Italian comic artist
- Dino Bauk, Slovenian lawyer and writer
- Dino Beganovic, Swedish-Bosnian racing driver
- Dino Belosevic, Croatian kickboxer
- Dino Bergens, Dutch-Surinamese basketball player
- Dino Bertolo, French racing cyclist
- Dino Beširović, Portuguese-born Bosnian professional footballer
- Dino Betti van der Noot, Italian jazz composer
- Dino Bevab, Bosnian footballer
- Dino Bisanovic, Bosnian footballer
- Dino Boffo, Italian journalist
- Dino Borgioli, Italian lyric tenor
- Dino Bouterse, son of former President of Suriname
- Dino Bovoli, Italian professional footballer and coach
- Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian professional wrestler and promoter
- Dino Brugioni, American imagery analyst and bomb damage assessor
- Dino Bruni, Italian road cyclist
- Dino Butorac, Croatian basketball player
- Dino Buzzati, Italian writer and painter
- Dino Campana, Italian visionary poet
- Dino Campanella, member of American rock band Dredg
- Dino Casanova, American professional wrestler
- Dino Cassio, Italian actor and singer
- Dino Castagno, Argentine professional footballer
- Dino Cazares, guitarist for Divine Heresy and former guitarist for Fear Factory
- Dino Cellini, American gangster of Italian descent
- Dino Chiozza, American MLB player
- Dino Ciani, Italian pianist
- Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian retired NHL player
- Dino Cinel, Italian-American historian, professor, and Roman Catholic priest
- Dino Claudio Sanchez, Filipino incumbent politician
- Dino Compagni, Italian historical writer and political figure
- Dino Costa, American radio personality
- Dino Costantini, Italian equestrian
- Dino Crescentini, Sammarinese bobsledder
- Dino Daa, Filipino professional basketball player
- Dino da Costa, Brazilian-Italian former footballer
- Dino Danelli, American drummer
- Dino De Antoni, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop
- Dino De Poli, Italian lawyer and politician
- Dino De Zordo, Italian ski jumper
- Dino Delevski, American soccer player of Macedonian descent
- Dino Delmastro, Argentine badminton player
- Dino del Garbo, Italian medieval physician and philosopher
- Dino Dibra, Australian suspected murderer and a homicide victim
- Dino Di Luca, Italian actor of stage, screen, and television
- Dino Dines, British keyboarder
- Dino Dini, creator of football video games
- Dino Djiba, Senegalese former professional footballer
- Dino Djulbic, Bosnian-Australian footballer
- Dino Dolmagić, Serbian footballer
- Dino Don, Italian operatic baritone
- Dino Drpic, Croatian professional footballer
- Dino Durbuzovic, Bosnian professional football manager and former player
- Dino Duva, American boxing promoter
- Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, and reality television star
- Dino Ebel, American baseball coach
- Dino Esposito, Italian consultant, author, and MSDN magazine columnist
- Dino Eze, Nigerian former footballer
- Dino Falconi, Italian screenwriter and film director
- Dino Fava, Italian footballer
- Dino Fazlic, German footballer
- Dino Fekaris, Greek-American music producer and songwriter
- Dino Felicetti, Italian-Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
- Dino Ferari, Italian drummer
- Dino Ferrari, Italian painter
- Dino Ferruzzi, Italian equestrian
- Dino Fetscher, Welsh actor
- Dino Formaggio, Italian philosopher, art critic, and academic
- Dino Gabriel, Italian-born Anglican bishop of Natal
- Dino Galparoli, retired Italian footballer
- Dino Galvani, Italian actor
- Dino Gardner, Canadian soccer player
- Dino Gaudio, former American college basketball coach
- Dino Gavric, Croatian footballer
- Dino Giarrusso, Italian television personality and politician
- Dino Gifford, Italian professional footballer
- Dino Gillarduzzi, Italian speed skater
- Dino Grandi, 1st Conte di Mordano, Italian Fascist politician
- Dino Hackett, former American NFL player
- Dino Halilović, Croatian footballer
- Dino Hall, former American NFL player
- Dino Hamidović, Bosnian handball player
- Dino Hamzić, Bosnian professional footballer
- Dino Hotić, Slovenian footballer
- Dino Imperial, Filipino actor, Club MC, commercial model, and radio DJ
- Dino Innocenti, Italian ice hockey player
- Dino Islamović, Swedish footballer
- Dino Jelusić, Croatian rock singer, musician, and songwriter
- Dino Kartsonakis, pianist who plays Christian-influenced music
- Dino Kessler, former Swiss professional ice hockey player
- Dino Klisura, Bosnian musician and producer
- Dino Kluk, professional Croatian footballer
- Dino Kotopoulis, American artist
- Dino Kovacec, Croatian footballer
- Dino Kovacevic, Austrian footballer
- Dino Kraspedon, Brazilian author
- Dino Kresinger, Croatian footballer
- Dino Lalvani, British businessman, chairman, and CEO
- Dino Lamb, English rugby union player
- Dino Lanaro, Italian painter
- Dino Lee, Taiwanese singer, composer, musician, and actor
- Dino Lenny, Italian DJ, singer, record producer, and record label owner
- Dino Liviero, Italian road racing cyclist
- Dino Lombardi, Italian motorcycle racer
- Dino Lopez, Canadian retired soccer player
- Dino Lucchetta, Italian rowing coxswain
- Dino Maamria, Tunisian football manager and former player
- Dino Maiuri, Italian screenwriter, film director, and producer
- Dino Mangiero, retired professional American football player
- Dino Marcan, Croatian professional tennis player
- Dino Marino, former Italian footballer
- Dino Martens, Italian painter and glass artist
- Dino Martin, American professional basketball player and coach
- Dino Martinovic, Slovenian footballer
- Dino Mascotto, former Canadian professional hockey player and AHL player
- Dino Mattessich, Croatian-American university administrator and former college lacrosse coach and player
- Dino Medjedovic, Bosnian footballer
- Dino Melaye, Nigerian politician
- Dino Menardi, Italian ice hockey player
- Dino Meneghin, Italian former professional basketball player
- Dino Mennillo, Australian retired soccer player and current occupational therapist
- Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer-songwriter
- Dino Mikanović, Croatian footballer
- Dino Minichiello, Canadian fashion designer and entrepreneur
- Dino Molinaro, band member of Ikon
- Dino Monduzzi, Italian prelate of the Catholic Church
- Dino Moras, French biochemist and research director
- Dino Morea, Indian model and actor
- Dino Morelli, former racing driver
- Dino Muric, Slovenian professional basketball player
- Dino Nardin, Italian rower
- Dino Natali, American stage- and television-actor
- Dino Ndlovu, South African professional footballer
- Dino Pagliari, Italian professional former footballer and manager
- Dino Patti Djalal, former Indonesian Ambassador to the US
- Dino Pedriali, Italian photographer
- Dino Pedrone, American former President of Davis College
- Dino Perić, Croatian professional footballer
- Dino Perrone Compagni, Italian fascist, military personnel, and politician
- Dino Philipson, Italian lawyer and politician
- Dino Philyaw, retired American professional football player
- Dino Piero Giarda, Italian economist and academic
- Dino Pita, Bosnian-Swedish basketball player
- Dino Pogolotti, Italian real estate entrepreneur
- Dino Pompanin, Italian alpine skier
- Dino Porrini, Italian former cyclist
- Dino Prižmić, Croatian tennis player
- Dino Quattrocecere, South African figure skater
- Dino Rada, Croatian former professional basketball player
- Dino Radončić, Montenegrin professional basketball player
- Dino Radoš, Croatian professional basketball player
- Dino Ramic, American soccer player
- Dino Rešidbegović, Bosnian contemporary classic/electronic/experimental music composer
- Dino Restelli, American professional baseball player
- Dino Reyes Chua, Filipino businessman and politician
- Dino Risi, Italian film director
- Dino Rondani, Italian socialist politician, lawyer, and parliamentarian
- Dino Rora, Italian swimmer
- Dino Rossi, American politician and businessman
- Dino Sani, Brazilian former footballer and coach
- Dino Sanlorenzo, Italian politician
- Dino Santana, Brazilian actor
- Dino Šarac, Serbian footballer
- Dino Sefir, Ethiopian long-distance runner
- Dino Segre, Italian writer
- Dino Seremet, retired Slovenian footballer
- Dino Sete Cordas, Brazilian guitar player
- Dino Sex, member of the American punk rock band the Murder Junkies
- Dino Shafeek, Bangladeshi-British comedy actor
- Dino Sinovcic, Croatian Paralympic swimmer
- Dino Skender, Croatian professional football manager
- Dino Skorup, Croatian professional footballer
- Dino Slavić, Croatian handball player
- Dino Sokolovic, Croatian Paralympic alpine skier
- Dino Spadetto, retired Italian professional footballer
- Dino Staffa, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Dino Stancic, Slovenian footballer
- Dino Stecher, Swiss ice hockey coach and former player
- Dino Stiglec, Croatian professional footballer
- Dino Tadello, former Italian mountain runner and masters athlete
- Dino Tavarone, Italian-Canadian actor
- Dino Terragni, Italian entrepreneur and inventor
- Dino Toppmoller, German football manager and former player
- Dino Toso, Italian-Dutch engineer
- Dino Turcato, Italian weightlifter
- Dino Urbani, Italian fencer
- Dino Valls, Spanish painter
- Dino Vasso, American football coach
- Dino Verde, Italian author, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter
- Dino Verzini, retired Italian track cyclist
- Dino Visser, South African footballer
- Dino Waldren, American rugby union player
- Dino Wells, American actor, writer, boxer, and filmmaker
- Dino Wieser, Swiss professional ice hockey player
- Dino Williams, Jamaican international footballer
- Dino Yannopoulos, Metropolitan Opera director
- Dino Zamparelli, British racing driver
- Dino Zandegù, Italian former cyclist
- Dino Zoff, Italian former football goalkeeper
- Dino Zonić, Bosnian composer and conductor
- Dino Zucchi, Italian basketball player
Nickname
Dino is also a nickname for Agostino, Constantinos, Alfredino, etc.- Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer
- Dino Armas, Uruguayan theater director and writer
- Alfredo Ferrari, Italian automotive engineer, Enzo Ferrari's son
- Dino Saluzzi, Argentine musician
- Dino Stamatopoulos, American television comedy writer, actor, and producer
- Dino, South Korean singer and member of Seventeen
- Nickname of Dean Bandiera, Canadian football player
- Nickname of Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and comedian
- Nickname of Dean Paul Martin, American singer and actor, Dean Martin's son
- Nickname of Sabahudin Bilalovic, Bosnian professional basketball player
Fictional characters
- Dino Ortolani, in the HBO drama series Oz, played by Jon Seda
- Dino Zerilli, in the crime drama series The Sopranos, played by Andy Davoli
- Dino (The Flintstones), Fred and Wilma Flintstone's pet dinosaur