Lino is an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese name that works as a short form of Angelino, Paolino or Avelino and as the Romance form of Linus, the Greek name usually explained as "flax". Saint Linus is traditionally counted as the second pope, the successor of Peter. Lino peaked at number 1746 in 2003 and has risen again to number 2411 in the United States in 2025.