Given name & surname · also Latin
Ascanio
Ascanio is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
Original LatinAscanius
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ascanio comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Italian usage, Ascanio developed from Ἀσκάνιος.
Ascanio’s family of names
In Italian usage, Ascanio developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀσκάνιος. In Italian usage, Ascanio has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Ascanius. In Italian usage, Ascanio was borrowed from the Latin form Ascanius.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ascanio
- Ascanio SobreroItalian chemist (1812–1888)
- Ascanio Sforza1455-1505, Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church
- Ascanio CondiviItalian painter (1525-1574)
- Ascanio FilomarinoCatholic cardinal and archbishop of Naples1583–1666
- Ascanio MayoneItalian composer1570–1627
- Ascanio Colonna17th-century Catholic cardinal (1560-1608)
- Ascanio ParisaniItalian priest1500–1549
- Ascanio CelestiniItalian stage actor, film director, screenwriter and writerborn 1972
- Ascanio VitozziItalian military engineer1539–1615
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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