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Also known as Diego (given name), Diego (first name)

Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: Tiago and Didacus.

Key facts

Given Name Revised.name
Diego
Given Name Revised.gender
Male
Given Name Revised.region
Spain
Given Name Revised.related names
Diogo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
male given name
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language of work or name
Italian
different from
Diego
native label
Diego
writing system
Latin script
Soundex
D200
Cologne phonetics
24
Caverphone
TK1111
Commons category
Diego (given name)
P8168
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • ''Tiago'' hypothesis
  • ''Didacus'' hypothesis
  • As a patronym
  • As an ethnic term
  • See also
  • References

Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: Tiago and Didacus.

The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diego” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.