Elio is an Italian male given name.

Origin

A name of dual origin, Elio is primarily a revival of (

Helios In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Helios (; ; Homeric Greek: ) is the god who personification, personifies the Sun. His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyperion ("the one above") an ...

), the Greek god of the Sun. derives, through the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

, from the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

(), which is taken from the noun of the same and means ' Sun'. It shares the same meaning as the Italian feminine name , the Romanian masculine name and the Lithuanian feminine name . Elio is also believed to originate from the Roman

cognomen A ''cognomen'' (; : ''cognomina''; from ''co-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditar ...

(feminine ), which was held by the emperor

Hadrian Hadrian ( ; ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic peoples, Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, Aelia '' ...

and thus dates back to the 2nd century. The origin is uncertain, perhaps Etruscan or perhaps from the Latin , ' nother'. Some sources trace its origin to the Greek (), a connection categorically rejected by others. The patronymic name is similarly derived from the Roman cognomen. Elio may also be a

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

of other names such as Aurelio or Cornelio. In Italy, the name occurs throughout and is promoted through the worship of saints with the name. There is also a feminine form, ; however, to avoid confusion with the biblical masculine name ( Elijah), it is generally replaced by or .

Variants

*Masculine: Eleo, Elios *Feminine: Èlia, Elea

Variants in other languages

* *'' Helius'' * * * * *

Name day

The

name day In Christianity, a name day is a tradition in many countries of Europe and the Americas, as well as Christian communities elsewhere. It consists of celebrating a day of the year that is associated with one's baptismal name, which is normatively t ...

can be celebrated on October 28 in memory of saint

, bishop of Lyon, or on July 18 in memory of saint Elio, deacon and bishop of Koper.

People with the given name Elio

* Elio Aggiano (born 1972), Italian cyclist * Elio Altramura, Italian art director * Elio Augusto Di Carlo (1918–1998), Italian ornithologist, historian and physician * Elio Ballesi (1920–1971), Italian politician * Elio Bartolini (1922–2006), Italian writer, screenwriter and poet * Elio Battaglia (born 1933), Italian operatic baritone * Elio Bavutti (1914–1987), Italian cyclist * Stefano "Elio" Belisari (born 1961), Italian singer * Elio Berhanyer (1929–2019), Spanish fashion designer * Elio Bertocchi (1919–1971), Italian cyclist * Elio Bianchi (born 1920), Italian footballer * Elio Calderini (born 1988), Italian footballer * Elio Capradossi (born 1996), Italian footballer * Elio Castro (born 1988), Mexican footballer * Elio Catola (born 1935), Italian athlete * Elio Chacón (1936–1992), Venezuelan expatriate baseball player * Elio Ciol (born 1929), Italian photographer and publisher * Elio Costa (born 1940), Italian politician and magistrate * Elio Cotena (born 1945), Italian boxer * Elio Crovetto (1926–2000), Italian actor, comedian and television personality * Elio Cruz (1931–2019), Gibraltarian playwright * Elio de Angelis (1958–1986), Italian racing driver * Elio De Anna (born 1949), Italian rugby union player and politician * Elio De Silvestro (born 1993), Italian footballer * Elio Di Rupo (born 1951), Belgian politician * Elio Díaz (born 1962), Venezuelan boxer * Elio Festa (born 1960), Italian cyclist * Elio Filippo Accrocca (1923–1996), Italian poet, author, and translator * Elio Fiorucci (1935–2015), Italian fashion designer * Elio Fox, American poker player * Elio García-Austt (1919–2005), Uruguayan neuroscientist * Elio Gaspari (born 1944), Italian-born Brazilian writer and journalist * Elio Gasperoni (born 1943), Sammarinese sports shooter * Elio Germano (born 1980), Italian actor * Elio Gerussi (1935–1988), Italian cyclist * Elio Gnagnarelli (born 1946), Italian sports shooter competing in the Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone * Elio Guarisco (1954–2020), Italian writer, translator and Tibetan Buddhist scholar and Dzogchen practitioner. * Elio Gustinetti (born 1955), Italian football manager * Elio Guzzanti (1920–2014), Italian doctor and politician * Elio Ibarra (born 1967), Italian boxer * Elio Juárez (born 1942), Uruguayan cyclist * Elio Lampridio Cerva (1463–1520), Ragusan poet and humanist * Elio Leoni Sceti, Italian businessman * Elio Lo Cascio (born 1948), Italian historian * Elio Locatelli (1943–2019), Italian speed skater * Elio M. García Jr. (born 1978), Cuban-American author * Elio Marchetti (born 1974), Italian racing driver * Elio Martusciello (born 1959), Italian experimental music composer and performer * Elio Modigliani (1860–1932), Italian anthropologist and zoologist * Elio Mora (born 1977), Paraguayan footballer * Elio Morille (1927–1998), Italian rower * Elio Morpurgo (1858–1944), Italian politician * Elio Pace (born 1968), English singer-songwriter and pianist * Elio Pagliarani (1927–2012), Italian poet and literary critic * Elio Pandolfi (1926–2021), Italian actor * Elio Pecora (born 1936), Italian poet * Elio Pecoraro (born 1967), Italian footballer * Elio Petri (1929–1982), Italian filmmaker * Elio Pietrini (1939–2022), Argentine-born Venezuelan actor * Elio Ragni (1910–1998), Italian athlete * Elio Rinero (born 1947), Italian footballer * Elio Roca (1943–2021), Argentine singer * Elio Rodríguez (born 1962), Uruguayan footballer * Elio Rojas (born 1982), Dominican Republican boxer * Elio Romani (1920–1999), Italian chess player * Elio Sasso Sant (born 1911), Italian canoeist * Elio Schneeman (1961–1997), American poet * Elio Sgreccia (1928–2019), Italian bioethicist and cardinal of the Catholic Church. * Elio Shazivari (born 1985), Albanian footballer * Elio Steiner (1904–1965), Italian actor * Elio Toaff (1915–2015), Italian Orthodox Rabbi * Elio Veltri (born 1938), Italian journalist and politician * Elio Verde (born 1987), Italian judoka * Elio Villafranca, Cuban jazz pianist and composer * Elio Villate (born 1957), Cuban painter * Elio Vito (born 1960), Italian politician * Elio Vittorini (1908–1966), Italian writer and novelist * Elio Zagato (1921–2009), Italian automobile designer, entrepreneur and racing driver. * Elio Zamuto (born 1941), Italian actor

Fictional characters

* Elio Perlman, protagonist and narrator of the 2007 novel '' Call Me by Your Name'' by André Aciman. * Elio Solis, titular character from the upcoming Pixar film '' Elio''.

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elio Italian masculine given names Masculine given names Given names of Greek language origin