Diego

See also: diego

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈeɪ.ɡoʊ/

Proper noun

Diego

1. A male given name from Spanish Diego.

Translations

male given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迭戈 (Diégē)

• Esperanto: Diego, Jakobo
• Japanese: ディエゴ (Diego)
• Latin: Didacus m
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• Persian: دیگو (diego)
• Polish: Diego (pl) m
• Portuguese: Diogo (pt) m
• Russian: Дие́го (ru) m (Dijégo)
• Spanish: Diego (es)

References

• “Diego”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• dogie, geoid

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Italian

Etymology

From Spanish Diego, abbreviation of Santiago, from Latin Sanctus Iacobus (“Saint James”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjɛɡo/
• Hyphenation: Die‧go

Proper noun

Diego m

1. a male given name

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Diego m

1. a male given name

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Spanish

Etymology

From Santiago, from Latin Sanctus Iacobus (“Saint James”), the latter word deriving from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (ya‘ăqṓḇ, “Jacob”, literally “heel-grabber”), from עָקֵב (‘āqḗḇ, “heel of the foot”).

The name Diego is sometimes alternatively (erroneously) thought to derive from the Latin name Didacus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjeɡo/ [ˈd̪je.ɣ̞o]

Proper noun

Diego m

1. a male given name, thought to be a diminutive of Santiago or, most likely, a contraction of the preposition "de" (of) + "Iago" (Galician for Jacob, which is pronounced "d'Iago").

Derived terms

• donde dije digo, digo Diego
• San Diego
• Díaz

Descendants

• → English: Diego
• → Italian: Diego