Behind the Name: Chokherbalyy's Personal Name List

Vito 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: VEE-to(Italian) BEE-to(Spanish)

Personal remark: [#0151] che ha vita

Rating: 54% based on 45 votes

Italian and Spanish form of Vitus. A notable fictional bearer is Vito Corleone from The Godfather novel (1969) and movie (1972).

Vinicio

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: vee-NEE-cho(Italian) bee-NEE-thyo(European Spanish) bee-NEE-syo(Latin American Spanish)

Personal remark: [#0009] amante del vino

Rating: 60% based on 49 votes

Italian and Spanish form of the Roman family name Vinicius, which was possibly derived from Latin vinum "wine".

Marcello

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: mar-CHEHL-lo

Personal remark: [#0121] dedicato a Marte

Rating: 65% based on 52 votes

Italian form of Marcellus.

Italo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: EE-ta-lo

Personal remark: [#0018] d'Italia

Rating: 43% based on 45 votes

Italian form of Italus.

Guido

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, German

Pronounced: GWEE-do(Italian) GEE-do(German)

Personal remark: [#0086] legno, bosco, foresta

Rating: 44% based on 27 votes

Latinized form of Wido. Notable bearers include the music theorist Guido d'Arezzo (c. 991-1033), poet Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250-1300), and Baroque painter Guido Reni (1575-1642).

Guglielmo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: gool-LYEHL-mo

Personal remark: [#0102] volontà di protezione

Rating: 42% based on 45 votes

Italian form of William.

Giacomo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: JA-ko-mo

Personal remark: [#1000] seguace di Dio, colui che soppianta

Rating: 53% based on 15 votes

Italian form of Iacomus (see James). Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was an Italian composer of operas.

Franco

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: FRANG-ko

Personal remark: [#0046] della tribù dei Franchi

Rating: 49% based on 52 votes

Italian form of Frank, also used as a short form of the related name Francesco.

Fabrizio

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: fa-BREET-tsyo

Personal remark: [#0140] fabbricante, fabbro

Rating: 49% based on 48 votes

Italian form of Fabricius (see Fabrice).

Fabiano

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Portuguese

Pronounced: fa-BYA-no(Italian) fu-BYU-noo(European Portuguese) fa-BYU-noo(Brazilian Portuguese)

Personal remark: [#0006] fagiolo, fava

Rating: 57% based on 16 votes

Italian and Portuguese form of Fabianus (see Fabian).

Eugenio

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish

Pronounced: ew-JEH-nyo(Italian) ew-KHEH-nyo(Spanish)

Personal remark: [#0076] ben nato, di nobile stirpe

Rating: 49% based on 15 votes

Italian and Spanish form of Eugenius (see Eugene).

Ernesto

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Pronounced: ehr-NEH-sto(Italian) ehr-NEHS-to(Spanish) ir-NESH-too(European Portuguese) ekh-NEHS-too(Brazilian Portuguese)

Personal remark: [#0050] valoroso come l'aquila / persona seria

Rating: 43% based on 45 votes

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Ernest.

Dario

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian, Croatian

Pronounced: DA-ryo(Italian) DA-ree-o(Croatian)

Personal remark: [#0363] che ha in sé il bene

Rating: 58% based on 52 votes

Italian form of Darius.

Cosimo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: KAW-zee-mo

Personal remark: [#0184] ornamento, armonia

Rating: 55% based on 50 votes

Italian form of Cosmas. A famous bearer was Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464), the founder of Medici rule in Florence, who was a patron of the Renaissance and a successful merchant. Other members of the Medici family have also borne this name.

Cesare

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: CHEH-za-reh

Personal remark: [#0724] grande

Rating: 51% based on 45 votes

Italian form of Caesar.

Carlo

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Italian

Pronounced: KAR-lo

Personal remark: [#0688] uomo

Rating: 60% based on 44 votes

Italian form of Charles.