Given name & surname
Arrigo
“ruler of the home”
Arrigo is a variant of Amerigo. One Italian interpretation is “ruler of the home.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arrigo is a variant of Amerigo. One Italian interpretation is “ruler of the home.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
Arrigo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Arrigo shares a linguistic root with the German form Heinrich. In Italian usage, Arrigo has a related form in Enrico. In Italian usage, Arrigo has a conventional equivalent in the German form Heinrich.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Arrigo
- Arrigo BoitoItalian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918)
- Arrigo SacchiItalian association football managerborn 1946
- Arrigo MiglioItalian cardinal and archbishopborn 1942
- Arrigo PetaccoItalian historian and journalist (1929–2018)
- Arigo PadovanItalian cyclist (1927–2025)
- Arrigo PedrolloItalian composer (1878-1964)
- Arrigo LeviItalian journalist (1926-2020)
- Arrigo MinerbiItalian sculptor (1881-1960)
- Arrigo SeratoItalian violonist and music pedagogue (1877-1948)
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