Enzo
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Pronunciation | Italian: [ˈɛntso] |
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Gender | male |
Origin | |
Word/name | German |
Derivation | 1. diminutive of Heinz 2. short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo |
Region of origin | Italy |
Other names | |
Pet form(s) | Enzino (little Enzo: -ino), Enzuccio (dear Enzo: -uccio) |
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Enzo is an Italian given name derivative of the German name Heinz. It can be used also as the short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo. It is most common in the Romance-speaking world, particularly in Italy and Latin America but lately[when?] also in France, Spain and Portugal.
People
[edit]- Enzo Amendola (born 1973), Italian politician
- Enzo Amore (born 1986), Ring name of American professional wrestler Eric Arndt
- Enzo Bearzot (1927–2010), Italian football player and manager
- Enzo Benedetto (1905–1993), Italian painter
- Enzo Biagi (1920–2007), Italian journalist
- Enzo Bottesini (born 1942), Italian journalist and actor
- Enzo Calzaghe (1949–2018), Anglo-Italian boxing trainer
- Enzo Cesario (born 1980), Chilean track and road cyclist
- Enzo Dara (1938–2017), Italian operatic bass
- Enzo Emanuele (born 1977), Italian medical researcher and editor
- Enzo Fernández (born 1995), French footballer
- Enzo Fernández (born 2001), Argentine footballer
- Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), Italian race car driver, founder of Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari S.p.A.
- Enzo Ferrari (born 1942), Italian former footballer and manager
- Enzo Francescoli (born 1961), Uruguayan football player
- Enzo Maccarinelli (born 1980), Welsh professional boxer
- Enzo Maiorca (1931–2016), Italian multiple record holder in free-diving
- Enzo Maresca (born 1980), Italian football player
- Enzo Mari (1932–2020), Italian artist and designer
- Enzo Muccetti (1912–1977), Italian classical bassoonist
- Enzo Pérez (born 1986), Argentine midfielder football player
- Enzo Roco (born 1992), Chilean football player
- Enzo Sacchi (1926–1988), Italian road bicycle and track cyclist
- Enzo Scifo (born 1966), Belgian football player
- Enzo Sciotti (1944–2021), Italian artist and illustrator
- Enzo Sereni (1905–1944), Italian-Palestinian Zionist, writer, and SOE operative
- Enzo Stuarti (1919–2005), Italian-American singer
Fictional characters
[edit]- Enzo, a side character from the video game series Bayonetta
- Enzo, Jerry's barber in the Seinfeld episode "The Barber"
- Uncle Enzo, a character in the novel Snow Crash
- Enzo Aguello, AKA Enzo the baker in The Godfather
- Enzo Kang, a character in To the Edge of the Sky
- Enzo Macleod, main character in book series The Enzo Files by Peter May
- Enzo Matrix, a character in the CGI television series ReBoot
- Enzo Scanno, a character in the Neapolitan Novels
- Enzo St. John, a character in the TV series The Vampire Diaries
See also
[edit]- Enrico
- Enso (disambiguation)
- Enzo (dog actor), a star of the Frasier sitcom
- Ferrari Enzo, a sports car formerly produced by Ferrari, named after its founder
- Ozone Enzo, a competition level paraglider