| Pronunciation | Italian: [matˈtɛːo] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Name day | September 21 |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Italian |
| Meaning | Italian form of the Hebrew name "Matthew" meaning "gift of God" |
| Region of origin | Italy |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Mattia |
Matteo is the Italian form of the given name Matthew. Another form is Mattia. The Hebrew meaning of Matteo is "gift of god". Matteo can also be used as a patronymic surname, often in the forms of de Matteo, De Matteo or DeMatteo, meaning "[descendant] of Matteo".
Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master". The word Dominus was used by the Roman Catholic Church as a name for God.
The name Romero is a nickname type of surname for a Roman or an Italian. The name was originally derived from the Latin word Romaeus and the Greek word Romaios, which mean Roman.
Cristian is the Romanian, Spanish and Italian form of the male given name Christian. In Romanian, it is also a surname.
Bautista is a Spanish language name. It may be used either as a surname or as a given name, often in reference to John the Baptist. Notable people with this name include:
Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin gens Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honour of Saint Sergius, or in Kyivan Rus', of Sergius of the Holy Caves, one of saint Fathers of Kyiv, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and has been the name of four popes. It has given rise to numerous variants, present today mainly in the Romance and Slavic languages. It is not common in English, although the Anglo-French name Sergeant is possibly related to it.
Gaetano is an Italian masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. It is derived from the Latin Caietanus, meaning "from Caieta". The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval period, although it also remained in use as a byname indicating people from Gaeta, as in Thomas Cajetan or Gaetanus (1469–1534). The modern given name can be traced to Saint Gaetano dei Conti di Tiene (1480–1547) who was canonized in 1671. Other variants of the name exist in other Romance languages, the French form of the name is Gaëtan, Gaétan, the Portuguese form is Caetano, and the Spanish form is Cayetano. The feminine form is Gaetana.
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Brett is an Irish and English surname that was given to the Celtic peoples of Brittany who arrived during the Norman invasion of England and Norman invasion of Ireland respectively.
Ricci is an Italian surname.
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.
Sebastian is both a given name and a surname. It comes from the Greek name Sebastianos (Σεβαστιανός) meaning "from Sebastia" (Σεβάστεια), which was the name of the city now known as Sivas, located in the central portion of what is now Turkey; in Western Europe the name comes through the Latinized intermediary Sebastianus. It was a name of ancient Greek origin, given to children not born free and found on the streets of Sebastia. The name of the city is derived from the Greek word σεβαστός (sebastos), "venerable", which comes from σέβας sebas, "awe, reverence, dread", in turn from the verb σέβομαι (sebomai), "feel awe, scruple, be ashamed". Sebastos was the Greek calque of the title Augustus, which was used for Roman emperors. Sebastian became a widely used name because it was the name of Saint Sebastian, a third-century Christian martyr.
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Franciscus.
Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Hungarian, Slovene, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Greek, German, Dutch, and Nigerian English form of the Latin Roman name Marius.
Mateo is a masculine given name, a form of Matthew used in Spanish and Croatian, similar to the Italian form Matteo. Notable people with the name include:
Oscar or Oskar is a masculine given name of English and Irish origin.
Benoît is a French male given name. It is less frequently spelled Benoist. The name comes from the Latin word benedictus, which means "blessed", equivalent in meaning to Bénédicte or the English name Benedict. A female derivative of the name is Benoîte.
Frank is a masculine given name.
Roman is a masculine given name meaning from Rome, which originated within the Roman Empire, via Latin. In its initial sense, the title "Roman", denotes a member of the Roman Empire, or belonging to or identifying with Roman culture. It most likely evolved from Romulus, the legendary co-founder of Rome.
Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, or Alexis.
Adalberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (Albertus) of Germanic Adalbert. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. It derives from the Old German Athala and Berth. Notable people with the name include: