Benedetto is a common Italian name, the equivalent of the English name Benedict. Notable people named Benedetto include:
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 200 since the mid 20th century.
Ricci is an Italian surname, derived from the adjective "riccio", meaning curly.
Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to "John the Baptist" in English, the French equivalent is "Jean-Baptiste". Common nicknames include Giambattista, Gianbattista, Giovambattista, or Giambo. In Genoese the nickname was Baciccio, and a common shortening was Giovan Battista, Giobatta or simply G.B.. The people listed below are Italian unless noted otherwise.
Marcello is a common masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Marcellus. The Spanish and Portuguese version of the name is Marcelo, differing in having only one "l", while the Greek form is Markellos.
Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Marinus is a male given name, derived from Latin marinus meaning "marine; of or pertaining to the sea". It is used in the Netherlands as a given name, though most people use a short form in daily life, like Marijn, Mario, René, Rien, Rini, Riny, or Rinus. It may refer to:
Francesco, the Italian version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include:
Giulio is an Italian given name. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Franciscus is a Latin given name, originally an epithet meaning "the Frank, the Frenchman". It was applied to Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/82–1226). Francis had been baptized Giovanni (John); his father was Italian and his mother Provençale ; his father was on business in France when he was born, and when he returned to Assisi, he began to call his son by the nickname Francesco, in the opinion of G. K. Chesterton possibly because out of a general enthusiasm for all things French, or because of his commercial success in France. After the canonization of Saint Francis of Assisi in 1228, the custom of naming children after saints led to the popularization of Franciscus as a given name. In the vernaculars of western Europe, the name diversified into the forms Francesco (Italian), Francisco, Francesc (Catalan), François, Franz ; besides Frans, the Latin form remains commonly given in Dutch.
Leopold is the modern form of the Germanic name Luitbald, composed of two stems, common to Germanic names. The first part is related to Old High German liut meaning "people", the second part bald or balt is of Germanic origin and means "brave". The name is not related to the names Leon and Leonard which mean lion. The name gradually spread across Western Europe and during the 16th century it became popular in the southern Holy Roman Empire, due to the influence of the Margraves of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty.
Luigi is a masculine Italian given name. It is the Italian form of the German name Ludwig, through the Latinization Ludovicus, corresponding to the French form Louis and its anglicized variant Lewis.
Tommaso is an Italian given name. It has also been used as a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Gino is a name of Italian origin. It may also be the short form of other Italian names like Ambrogino or Luigino or Eugenio, which are from the Ancient Greek name Ambrosios (ἀμβρόσιος), which means "ever-living", and/or Eugenios (εὐγένιος), which means "well-born, noble". It may occasionally be a nickname.
Ignazio is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:
Orazio is a male given name of Italian origin, derived from the Latin name (nomen) Horatius, from the Roman gens (clan) Horatia.
Ferrari is an Italian occupational surname, the plural form of Ferraro, meaning blacksmith.
Kaspar is a given name and surname which may refer to:
Salvatore is an Italian name meaning saviour. People named Salvatore include:
Caspar is a masculine given name. It may refer to:
Ercole is a masculine given name which is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name include: