What is the ethnic origin of the last name "Carino"?

Question:Carina
Language of origin: Italian
Meaning/translation: pretty, cute
Info about origin: as an Italian name, probably from 'carino' (pretty, cute), female form 'carina'
can also be seen as a pet form of 'Cara'
Words: carino=pretty, cute
Variants: Carina German, English, Italian, Scandinavian (#491 in US popularity)
Carine German
Karina German
Karine German
It is not listed with Ancestry or other name origins sites I checked.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Carina
Language of origin: Italian
Meaning/translation: pretty, cute
Info about origin: as an Italian name, probably from 'carino' (pretty, cute), female form 'carina'
can also be seen as a pet form of 'Cara'
Words: carino=pretty, cute
Variants: Carina German, English, Italian, Scandinavian (#491 in US popularity)
Carine German
Karina German
Karine German
It is not listed with Ancestry or other name origins sites I checked.

Italian. Diminutive of Caro --"dear"

In spanish "cari?o" means affection, similar to the italian definition above

I'd says it's Spanish, Italian or Portuguese.