is Pinotto a nickname or a proper name?

[Fhaor]

That's my question, I had a grand father and they all called him Pinotto, but we don't know his real name, I mean, we can't find him . That's my question.

[Macklemore]

I think that is:

Pinotto > Pino > Giuseppino > Giuseppe

and probably the real name is: Giuseppe.

[Tessa78]

That's my question, I had a grand father and they all called him Pinotto, but we don't know his real name, I mean, we can't find him . That's my question.

Do you know his last name, approximate year of birth, and where he lived?
We may be able to help you find him.

T.

[Fhaor]

thank you all for that answer, and my great uncle was Nicolas Merlo Guglielmetti, son of Domenico Merlo(we don't know his 2nd surname), who "changed" his name in Chile to Domingo(Domenico = Domingo in Spanish), all between 1890-1910. They came from Torino and I have found registers from Maria Maddalena, Carlo, Umberto, Severino, Catterina and Santiago, but nothing about Nicolas Merlo Guglielmetti or Giuseppe "Pinotto" Merlo Guglielmetti.

[Tessa78]

Is this the Santiago you mention above?

It would appear from this that the father's surname is Merlo. There is no "2nd surname" and the mother's surname is Guglielmetti/Guglichnetti...

Domingo Merlo
mentioned in the record of Santiago Merlo Guglichnetti
Name: Domingo Merlo
gender: Male
Wife: Catalina Guglichnetti
Son: Santiago Merlo Guglichnetti
Other information in the record of Santiago Merlo Guglichnetti
from Chile Civil Registration
Name: Santiago Merlo Guglichnetti
Event Type: Birth Registration
Event Place: Coronel, Concepción, Chile
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Feb 1891
Father's Name: Domingo Merlo
Mother's Name: Catalina Guglichnetti
Certificate Number: 42
Page: 15
GS Film Number: 1160383 , Digital Folder Number: 004666853 , Image Number: 00026

this is the child, Severino, born to the above couple, but in Torino, Italy... before traveling to Chile?

Domenico Merlo
mentioned in the record of Severino Merlo
Name: Domenico Merlo
gender: Male
Wife: Catterina Guglielmelli
Son: Severino Merlo
Other information in the record of Severino Merlo
from Italy, Torino, Torino, Civil Registration (Tribunale)
Name: Severino Merlo
Event Type (Original Language): Nascita
Event Date (Original Language): 13 Set 1880
Event Place: Torino, Torino, Italy
Gender (Original Language): Maschio
Father's Name: Domenico Merlo
Mother's Name: Catterina Guglielmelli
Entry Number: 2470
GS Film number: 2334848 , Digital Folder Number: 005032855 , Image Number: 01281

T.

[Fhaor]

oh thanks for that but we already know that info, we need to know where my great great grandfather is born. We think he's son of Giuseppe Merlo and Maria Argan, any info available about that, would be really appreciated

[Fhaor]

pd: we need to know where Domenico Merlo was born in 1847.