Name Diego - meaning, origin, numerology

Diego is a very common male given name of Spanish origin – also used in Portuguese-speaking countries, Italy and France. It may refer to:

• Diego (footballer), a variety of Association football players with the given name Diego (see article);

• Diego de Oviedo, 10th-century Asturian prelate;
• Diego de León, 12th-century Leonese prelate;
• Diego de Orense, 12th-century Galician prelate;
• Diego de Asturias, 16th-century Spanish Royal heir who died at age 7;
• Diego Abatantuono, Italian actor and screenwriter;
• Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador;
• Diego Aventín, Argentine race car driver;
• Diego Buñuel, French journalist;
• Diego Camacho, Bolivian tennis player;
• Diego Colón, 4th viceroy of New Spain;
• Diego Corrales, American boxer;
• Diego D'Ambrosio, Italian-American businessman;
• Diego Deza, Spanish theologian and inquisitor;
• Diego Domínguez, Italian-Argentine rugby union player;
• Diego Durán, Spanish Dominican friar;
• Diego Gelmírez, first archbishop of Compostela;
• Diego Gonzalez, Mexican singer, musician and actor – often known simply as Diego; also is known as Diego Boneta in the U.S.)
• Diego Hartfield, Argentine tennis player;
• Diego Hypólito, Brazilian gymnast;
• Diego de Landa, 16th-century bishop of Yucatán;
• Diego Luna, Mexican actor;
• Diego Masson, French music conductor and composer;
• Diego Morales, Mexican boxer;
• Diego Nargiso, Italian tennis player;
• Diego Pérez, Uruguayan tennis player;
• Diego Portales, Chilean politician;
• Diego Rivera, Mexican painter;
• Diego Sanchez, American mixed martial artist;
• Diego Sebastián Schwartzman, Argentine tennis player
• Diego Seguí, Cuban baseball pitcher;
• Diego Silang, Philippine revolutionary leader;
• Diego Siloe, Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor;
• Diego Torres, Argentine singer and composer;
• Diego de Vargas, governor of New Spain;
• Diego Villanueva, Brazilian singer-songwriter;
• Diego Velázquez, 17th-century Spanish painter;
• Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Spanish conquistador.

Spanish: of uncertain origin. Although it is often claimed to be an aphetic form of Santiago, it is clear that its regular Latin form in the Middle Ages was Didacus. This may possibly be a derivative of Greek didakhē teaching, but it is more likely that is represents a Latinized form of some native Iberian name.
Cognate: Portuguese: Diogo.

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