| 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 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.
Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin, y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period y was pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv- in place of Silv- date from after the Classical period.
Mancini is a surname of Italian origin which, etymologically, comes from the Italian adjective mancino, which literally means "left handed".
Adamo is both a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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.
Ricci is an Italian surname, derived from the adjective "riccio", meaning curly.
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, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Greek, 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 Irish origin.
Frank is a masculine given name.
Gilbert is a given name of Norman-French origin, itself from Germanic Gisilberht or Gisalberht. Original spellings included Gislebert, Guilbert and Gilebert. The first element, Gil-, comes from Germanic gīsil, meaning "shaft of an arrow" or gisal "pledge, hostage", while the second element, -bert comes from Germanic -behrt, short form of beraht, meaning "bright" or "famous". The name spread in France and was introduced to England by the Normans, where it was popular during the Middle Ages. That is the reason the pronunciation Gil- reflects the Northern Norman one, as opposed to Old French > French and explains the alternative spelling Guilbert with Guil-.
According to the Dictionary of American Family Names, "Serafini" is a plural form of the surname "Serafino", which itself is an Italian given name. According to one website, the surname's origin dates to 400 B.C. There has been a suggestion that "Serafini" was a baptismal name rather than a surname in at least some cases in the 17th century.
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.
Gerardo may refer to:
Alberto 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:
Sala is a surname and given name with several origins. First, in Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, and Romanian, a topographic or occupational name meaning someone living in or employed at a hall or manor. Second, in Hungarian, a short for the Biblical name Solomon. Third, a variant of the name Salah. Notable people named Sala include: