Given name
Orfeo
Orfeo is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
From Latin Orpheus, from Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Orfeo’s family of names
Orfeo has a related form in Orpheus. In Italian usage, Orfeo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Orpheus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
People named Orfeo
- Orfeo PizzoferratoItalian bicycle racerborn 1951
- Orfeo RedaItalian painter and artist1932–2025
- Orfeo AngelucciAmerican contactee1912–1993
- Orfeo TamburiItalian painter (1910-1994)
- Orfeo BoselliItalian sculptor (1597-1667)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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