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Cristino

Gender
Boy
Say it
kris-TEE-noh
Origin
Greek

Cristino is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “anointed”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Cristino mean?

Greek: Spanish masculine name from the same root as Cristo and Cristian, Greek christos 'anointed'

“anointed”

Spanish masculine name from the same root as Cristo and Cristian, the Greek word christos, meaning anointed.

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

Cristino is a boys' name.

How popular is Cristino in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Cristino in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 12 in 19932022
Cristino in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20226#10,855
20210–
20200–
20190–
20186#10,754
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20116#10,801
20105#12,224
20098#8,980
20089#8,319
20070–
20065#12,048
200510#7,089
20040–
20036#9,574
20027#8,449
200110#6,438
20007#8,202
19997#7,867
19985#9,623
19977#7,275
19967#7,129
19955#8,861
19946#7,764
199312#4,690
19925#8,426
19915#8,228
199010#4,986
19898#5,608
19886#6,420
19877#5,453
19867#5,327
19856#5,780
19849#4,212
19836#5,481
19826#5,617
19819#4,151
19809#4,133
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19755#5,462
19745#5,225
19730–
19726#4,438
197110#3,144
19708#3,519
19690–
19689#2,906
19670–
19668#2,985
19659#2,778
19640–
19636#3,645
19629#2,846
19610–
19605#4,036
19590–
19585#3,942
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19505#3,678
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19355#3,644
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19295#3,957
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19180–
19170–
19160–
19155#3,824

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Cristino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristino, updated 20 October 2026.