The baby name Bellarmino is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA': '/bel.larˈmi.no/', 'respelling': 'bel-lar-MEE-no (Italian); English approximation: bel-ar-MIN-oh'}.
Bellarmino is Italian in Origin.
The baby name Bellarmino is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA': '/bel.larˈmi.no/', 'respelling': 'bel-lar-MEE-no (Italian); English approximation: bel-ar-MIN-oh'}.
Bellarmino is Italian in Origin.
Bellarmino is an Italian masculine given name formed from the family name of the Jesuit cardinal and Doctor of the Church Robert Bellarmine (Italian: Roberto Bellarmino; Latin: Bellarminus). Its deeper etymology is debated: some derive it from Romance bel/bella “fair, fine” combined with a Germanic element -armin/-ermin “whole, universal,” while others connect it to Latin arma “arms, warfare.” Proposed senses include “fair and steadfast” or “fine warrior,” but no single reading is certain.
As a given name it emerged in early modern Italy as a devotional honorific and spread across Catholic Europe and the Americas. Variants include Bellarmine (English), Bellarmin (French, German), and Belarmino/Belarmina (Spanish, Portuguese; feminine also Bellarmina). Nicknames such as Mino or Bello occur in Italian. Usage peaked around the saint’s 20th‑century beatification and canonization and remains rare yet dignified today.
Bellarmino is an uncommon pick. Across 4 countries, we found 13 recorded uses of it.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,462 | 10 | 10,046 |
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