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First name origin & meaning:

Italian: God is gracious

First name variations: Ninoshka

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Spanish (Niño): nickname from Spanish niño ‘child’, ‘boy’. This was often given to a first-born son as a familiar name.
  2. Italian: from the personal name Nino, a short form of Antonino or Giovannino, pet forms of Antonio and Giovanni respectively.
  3. Greek (Ninos): from the personal name Ninos, a pet form of Konstantinos (see Constantine).

This name appears in the following lists: Dancers, Saints