Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Valley Boy name variations Dean Deane Deen Deene Dene Deyn Deyne Dyn Dyne Family name origins & meanings Italian (Sicily) : from the personal name Dino, a short form of various pet names formed with the hypocoristic suffix -ino following the final consonant -d, such as Bernardino (from Bernardo), Gherardino (from Gherardi), Riccardino (from Riccardo).