Reto is a masculine

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, commonly used in Switzerland only.

Origin and meaning

The name means "coming from / related to Rhaetia,

Rhaetian Alps The Rhaetian Alps ( it, Alpi Retiche; german: Rätische Alpen) are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps. The SOIUSA classification system divides them into the Western and Eastern Rhaetian Alps, while the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern A ...

Rhaetian people The Raeti (spelling variants: ''Rhaeti'', ''Rheti'' or ''Rhaetii'') were a confederation of Alpine tribes, whose language and culture was related to those of the Etruscans. Before the Roman conquest, they inhabited present-day Tyrol in Austria, ...

Rhaeto-Romance languages Rhaeto-Romance, Rheto-Romance, or Rhaetian, is a purported subfamily of the Romance languages that is spoken in south-eastern Switzerland and north-eastern Italy. The name "Rhaeto-Romance" refers to the former Roman province of Raetia. The quest ...

Notable people

Reto Berra Reto Berra (born 3 January 1987) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL). Berra played seven seasons in Switzerland's National League A, spending time with the G ...

- Swiss ice hockey player *

Reto Capadrutt Reto Capadrutt (4 March 1912 – 3 February 1939) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the two-man event in 1932 and another silver medal in the four-man event in 1936. ...

- Swiss bobsledder *

Reto Grütter Reto Elias Grütter (17 July 1984) is a Swiss sidecarcross passenger and the 2007 and 2008 Sidecarcross World Champion. ''Reto Grütter's'' name can sometimes be found to be, wrongfully, spelled ''Reto Grutter''. Sidecarcross world championsh ...

- Swiss sidecarcross passenger * Reto Götschi - Swiss bobsledder *

Reto Salimbeni Reto Salimbeni (born July 28, 1958) is a filmmaker and director known for his features and commercials. His films include ''Urban Safari'', ''The Day I Was My Father'' and '' One Way''. Life Salimbeni grew up in Zurich, Switzerland and B ...

- Swiss film-maker * Reto Schenkel - Swiss sprinter * Reto Suri - Swiss ice hockey player *

Reto Ziegler Reto Pirmin Ziegler (born 16 January 1986) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Swiss Super League club Sion. Ziegler has played top-flight football in seven different countries. He earned 35 international caps for ...

- Swiss footballer

Other uses

Reto-Moto Reto-Moto ApS is a Danish video game developer based in Copenhagen. Founded in 1997, its staff formed IO Interactive as a joint venture in September 1998. Following a decade of inactivity, some founders reformed Reto-Moto in April 2008, and th ...

- Danish videogame developer {{given name Names of Germanic origin