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Lino

Pronounced LEE-noh

“bright, shining, dazzling”

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LEE·noh

2 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Lino mean in Hawaiian?

Lino is a Hawaiian unisex name that means bright, shining, dazzling. The name comes from lino (brilliant). It is pronounced LEE-noh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Lino belongs with other Hawaiian names about light.

The words inside Lino

lino means bright, shining and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kalino.

How to pronounce Lino

Say every vowel. The vowels in Lino are i as “ee”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Lino a boy or girl name?

Lino is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.

How often Lino is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 4,066 U.S. babies named Lino since 1904, but that spelling is mostly the Italian and Spanish name, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name.

How well recorded is Lino?

Lino is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Lino?

LEE-noh, in 2 syllables, with the stress on LEE.

Is Lino a girl's or a boy's name?

Lino is unisex. Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender, and this one is given to both boys and girls.

What does Lino mean in Hawaiian?

bright, shining, dazzling. It comes from lino (brilliant).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Names like Lino

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    “the torch, the flaming light”

    Pronounced kah-LAH-mahka + lama

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    “Lazarus”

    Pronounced lah-KAH-loh

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    “Hawaiian form of Robert”

    Pronounced loh-PAH-kah

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    “clear, luminous, transparent”

    Pronounced ah-KAH-kah

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