The baby name Dinko is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced DEEN-koh (IPA: /ˈdiŋko/).
Dinko is Croatian in Origin.
The baby name Dinko is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced DEEN-koh (IPA: /ˈdiŋko/).
Dinko is Croatian in Origin.
Dinko is a South Slavic male name found chiefly in Croatia and Bulgaria. In the Adriatic, it developed as a clipped pet form of Dominik/Domenico via the dialectal Dominko, ultimately from Latin Dominicus "of the Lord." In Bulgarian and Macedonian usage, Dinko often serves as a diminutive of Kostadin/Konstantin (from Latin Constantinus "steadfast, constant"), giving the name two parallel meanings depending on origin.
The name appears in Dalmatian and Balkan records and remained familiar through the 19th–20th centuries; notable bearers include Croatian writer Dinko Šimunović and Bulgarian footballer Dinko Dermendzhiev. Variants and related forms include Dominko, Dominik, Domenico; Kostadin, Konstantin; feminine Dinka. Patronymic surnames such as Dinković (Croatian/Serbian) and Dinkov(a) (Bulgarian) derive from it. Today Dinko persists across Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Bulgaria, sometimes chosen in reference to St. Dominic or St. Constantine.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG | 0 | #75 | 8 | 1,799 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #92 | 187 | 3,850 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #98 | 360 | 3,997 |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #125 | 1 | 3,755 |
| HR | 0 | #143 | 37 | 2,081 | |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #150 | 5 | 2,277 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #209 | 3 | 3,402 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #218 | 3 | 4,970 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #293 | 2 | 3,687 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #303 | 3 | 6,530 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #334 | 4 | 6,973 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #355 | 7 | 8,138 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| CL | 0 | #401 | 11 | 6,867 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #432 | 11 | 2,180 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #563 | 3 | 10,162 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #598 | 68 | 13,390 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #619 | 4 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #696 | 2 | 13,071 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #893 | 38 | 5,610 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #916 | 37 | 5,697 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MA | 0 | #1,115 | 14 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,160 | 19 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,231 | 4 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,420 | 52 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Dinko is popular in 40 countries — most recent births per country:
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