Lino

Lino is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Lino is the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of the name Linus, which in turn is from the Greek Λινος ( Linos ) meaning " flax " derived.

Bearers of the name

First name

  • Lino Banfi ( b. 1936 ), Italian actor
  • Lino Brocka (1939-1991), Filipino film director
  • Lino Červar ( born 1950 ), Croatian handball coach
  • Lino Gallardo (1773-1837), Venezuelan composer, conductor and Strings
  • Lino Lacedelli (1925-2009), Italian mountaineer
  • Lino Landolfi (1925-1988), an Italian comic book artist
  • Lino Liviabella (1902-1964), Italian composer, pianist and university teachers
  • Lino Oviedo (1943-2013), Paraguayan General and Commander in Chief of the Army
  • Lino Salini (1889-1944), German painter
  • Lino Ventura (1919-1987), French actor of Italian descent
  • Lino Villaventura ( born 1951 ), Brazilian fashion designer
  • Lino Vombömmel (1934-2007), Bishop in Brazil
  • Lino Wirag (* 1983), German author

Family name

  • Acácio Lino (1878-1956), Portuguese painter
  • Antônio da Silva Lino Dinis (1943-2013), Portuguese Roman Catholic bishop
  • José Lino Matute, 1838/39 Supreme Director of Honduras within the province of the Central American Confederation
  • Mário Lino ( born 1940 ), Portuguese politician
  • Pascal Lino (born 1966 ), French cyclist
  • Raul Lino (1879-1974), Portuguese architect
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