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Guerino
How to Pronounce Guerino
Pronounced gweh-REE-noh /ɡwɛˈriːnoʊ/Medium
Meaning: Guerino is a traditional Italian given name from a Germanic root meaning war or protection, the same element behind the Italian word guerra, war; it belongs to the Guarino and Guerrino family of names.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Guerino reached the United States with Italian immigration and stayed close to that community. It is a cousin of the surnames Guarino and Guerrini, familiar across Italy.
In United States records Guerino was very rare and short-lived, given to only a handful of boys a year around 1918 and largely gone by 1930. A boy named Guerino in that window would be well over a hundred today. It endures more as an Italian given name and surname than an American one.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Guerino mean?
It is an Italian name from a Germanic root meaning war or protection, related to the word guerra.
How do you pronounce Guerino?
It is said gweh-REE-noh /ɡwɛˈriːnoʊ/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Guerino a boy or girl name?
Guerino is a boy's name.
How popular is Guerino?
In the United States it was very rare and brief, given to only a handful of boys a year around the late nineteen-tens in Italian immigrant families.