The name Santini was a one-hit wonder in the U.S. baby name data in 1979:
- 1981: unlisted
- 1980: unlisted
- 1979: 9 baby boys named Santini [debut]
- 1978: unlisted
- 1977: unlisted
Why?
That was the year the movie The Great Santini came out. Set in the early ’60s, it starred Robert Duvall as a Marine aviator self-nicknamed “The Great Santini.” He was good at his job, but not so good at being a husband and father. The film received two Oscar nominations.
It was based on a semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by southern writer Pat Conroy (who also wrote The Prince of Tides, another Oscar-nominated movie).
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Source: The Great Santini – TCM