Santino

Santino is an Italian masculine given name or nickname, meaning “little saint” in Italian. It is a diminutive version of the given name Santo, meaning “saint” or “holy”. Notable people with the name include:


 * Santino Basaldella (born 2004), Argentine surfer
 * Santino Ferrucci (born 1998), American race car driver
 * Santino Fontana (born 1982), American actor
 * Santino Garsi (1542–1604), Italian lutenist and composer
 * Santino Marella (born 1974), ring name of WWE wrestler Anthony Carelli
 * Santino Quaranta (born 1984), American soccer player
 * Santino Rice (born 1974), American fashion designer
 * Santino Solari (1576–1646), Swiss architect
 * Santino Vera (born 2006), Argentine footballer
 * Santino William Legan, American perpetrator of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting

Fictional characters

 * Santino (The Vampire Chronicles), a fictional character in the Vampire Chronicles.
 * Sonny Corleone, a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and its 1972 film adaptation.
 * Santino Guillermo (portrayed by Zaijian Jaranilla), a fictional character in the 2009–2010 ABS-CBN religious drama series and Philippine live television adaptation of the 1955 Spanish film Miracle of Marcelino named May Bukas Pa.

Other

 * Santino (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee first observed to have the cognitive skills for forward planning and killed while escaping his enclosure