Frequency: (192)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Italian: short form of any of the many diminutive name forms ending in -mini, for example Giacomini.
GIVEN NAMES: Italian 20%. Salvatore (3), Aida, Angelo, Augusto, Enrico, Gabriela, Mario, Pietro, Salvatore.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
