Lotario is
Latin,
Italian, and
Spanish masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, while Lotário is
Portuguese masculine given name. Both names are modern forms of the
Germanic Chlothar
Chlothar (Latin ''Chlotharius''; Greek ''Khlōthários'' Χλωθάριος; French ''Clotaire'') is a Germanic given name, attested in Old English as ''Hloþhere'', in Old High German as ''Lothari'' ( Lothair), and reconstructed in Frankish as *' ...
(which is a blended form of
Hlūdaz and
Harjaz).
People with this name include:
Surname
*
Bonifacio di Castel Lotario (died 1504), Italian Roman Catholic prelate
Given name
*Lotario dei Conti di Segni, birthname of
Pope Innocent III (1160 or 1161 – 1216), Italian Roman Catholic Pope
Fictional character
*Lotario, alto character in Handel opera, ''
Lotario
''Lotario'' ("Lothair", HWV 26) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was adapted from Antonio Salvi's ''Adelaide''.The opera was first given at the King's Theatre in London on 2 December 1729.
...
''
*Lotario, a character in Miguel de Cervantes’s ''
Don Quixote''
See also
*
Lothario
Notes
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Latin masculine given names
Italian masculine given names
Spanish masculine given names