Santo

"Variant of Santino. Little saint"

♂ Masculino · Italian, Spanish
religious italian variant

📖 Acerca de Santo

Santo es un nombre masculino italiano y español derivado del latín sanctus, que significa sagrado o santo — la misma raíz de la palabra 'santo'. Profundamente arraigado en la tradición católica, era común en la Italia medieval y en la España del Renacimiento, donde se daba a los niños para invocar protección espiritual. Aunque el diminutivo Santino ha tenido un resurgimiento moderno, Santo conserva una gravedad sobria y clásica, especialmente entre las comunidades de la diáspora italiana en América y Australia.

📍 Detalles

  • OrigenItalian, Spanish
  • Género♂ Masculino
  • SignificadoVariant of Santino. Little saint

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⭐ Personas Famosas

  • Santo Versace — Italian businessman and politician, brother of fashion designer Gianni Versace and co-founder of the Versace fashion house, serving as its president for decades.
  • Santo Loquasto — American production and costume designer, frequent collaborator of Woody Allen and known for his Tony Award-winning theatrical design work on Broadway.
  • Santo Trafficante Jr. — American organized crime figure who led the Tampa crime family and was a prominent figure during the pre-revolutionary Cuba casino era of the 1950s.
  • Santo (wrestler) — Mexican lucha libre wrestler El Santo (Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta), one of the most iconic and beloved figures in Mexican popular culture, known for his silver mask and superhero film appearances.
  • Santo Domingo de Guzmán — 12th-century Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order, canonised in 1234, and the namesake of the capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.