Diego
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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
- Baboo
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- 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.