Vaino

For the similar Finnish masculine given name, see Väinö.

Vaino or Väino is both a masculine Estonian given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Väino Aren (1933–2023), Estonian ballet dancer, actor and operetta singer
• Väino Ilus (born 1929), Estonian writer
• Väino Laes (born 1951), Estonian actor
• Väino Linde (born 1959), Estonian lawyer and politician
• Väino Reinart (born 1962), Estonian diplomat
• Vaino Spencer (1920–2016), American judge
• Vaino Vahing (1940–2008), Estonian writer, prosaist, psychiatrist and playwright
• Vaino Väljas (1931–2024), Estonian Soviet politician, Chairman of the 6th Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR
• Vaino Olavi Partanen (1928–1969), Canadian naval chief petty officer
• Väino Puura (born 1951), Estonian opera and operetta singer
• Väino Uibo (1942–2024), Estonian actor and theatre director
• Väinö Voionmaa (1869–1947), Finnish politician and academic

Surname

• Anton Vaino (born 1972), Russian diplomat and politician
• Ants Vaino (1940–1971), Estonian racing driver
• Arnold Vaino (1900–1960), Estonian actor
• Joonas Vaino (born 1992), Estonian basketball player
• Karl Vaino (1923–2022), Soviet Estonian politician