Pinto is one of the Portuguese, Spanish, Jewish (Sephardic) and Italian surname. It is a popular surname across all countries that speak Portuguese and is also widespread in Spanish-speaking nations, Italy, India, France and Israel.[1It has historically it was common among the political elites of Portugueseas well as Spanish-speaking countries and many premier ministers, presidents and head of states have been known by the surname.
In a variety of languages, the word “Pinto” refers to “colored” or “painted” because it is derived from Late Latin pinctus and Classical Latin pictus. It is also, in certain cases, of the exact word, meaning “lively or a tense person”.[2It is linguistically connected in the meaning of Columbus the ship La Pinta, meaning “The Painted One”, “The Look” and “The Spotted One”. Another similar, but different in its sense, is the concept of measurement called a pint. It originates directly from Pint is the Old French word pinte and possibly from the Latin word Vulgar pincta which translates to “painted”, for marks that are painted on the exterior of a vessel to demonstrate capacity.[3The word “painted” is used to describe the side of a container.
