Santino

Santino is an Italian masculine given name, a diminutive of Santo meaning "little saint." It gained wider recognition through the character Santino "Sonny" Corleone in *The Godfather*.

The name remains most common among Italian and Italian-American families: Their firstborn son was named Santino after his grandfather.

Godfather

Corleone

Mob clan surname

  • SonnyTerm for young males
  • mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
  • hotheadedEasily provoked to anger

assassination · tollbooth · James Caan · vendetta · Cosa Nostra · mobster · ambush · eldest · temper · crime

name

Italian

Of or from Rome's country

baptism · Catholic · namesake · godson · christening · nickname · surname · heritage · patron · blessing

religious

holy

Dedicated to the divine

prayer · sacred · feast day · veneration · pilgrim · relic · martyr · altar · candle · Madonna

Family

saint, saints, saintly, sainthood, saintliness, Santa, sanctify, sanctification, sanctity

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G