Diego

Diego is a Spanish male first name. It also occurs as a surname.

Origin of the name

Diego is derived from the original Hebrew masculine given name Jacob, specifically from James the Elder, who was called in medieval Spanish as Sant Yago and then as Santiago. Santiago was then interpreted by a known as Sandhi linguistic process as San Diago and San Diego. A similar process there was in Spanish and Portuguese Telmo by name, derived from Sant Elmo.

From the Middle Ages the forms Sant Yago, Diago and Diego have been handed parallel.

  • " Et fue a casa del Rey. E mostrolo a don diago que era del Rey adelantado " ( Fuero de Burgos, about 1240)
  • " [ ... ] Maestro de la cavalleria de Sant Yago et de la orden dita [ ... ] " (Letter of James II dated 1300), PDF.
  • The father of the Cid was called Diego Lainez.

The Catalan in Spain also common form of the name is Jaume.

See also: Didacus, Didakus

Bearers of the name

First name

  • Diego de Acebo († 1207, also Didactus ), Spanish Cistercian monk and Bishop of Osma
  • San Diego de Alcalá ( Didakus; ~ 1400-1463 ), Spanish lay brother and missionary
  • Diego de Almagro (father ) (c. 1475-1538 ), Spanish conquistador in Peru and Chile
  • Diego de Almagro ( son ) (c. 1520-1542 ), Spanish conquistador and son of the above, murderers Francisco Pizarro
  • Diego by Austria (Spanish: Diego de Austria, 1575-1582 ), a Spanish heir to the throne Prince of Asturias
  • Diego Baldenweg ( b. 1979 ), Australian film score composer
  • Diego Benaglio ( b. 1983 ), Swiss football goalkeeper
  • Diego da Silva Costa ( * 1988), Brazilian footballer (including Atlético Madrid)
  • Diego Forlán ( born 1979 ), Uruguayan football player
  • Diego Fuser ( born 1968 ), Italian footballer
  • Diego Columbus ( sailor ) ( 1468-1515 ), brother of Christopher Columbus
  • Diego Columbus ( viceroy ) ( 1478/1479-1526 ), eldest son of Christopher Columbus, Admiral and Viceroy
  • Diego León ( born 1984 ), Spanish football player
  • Diego Maradona ( born 1960 ), Argentine footballer
  • Diego Morais Pacheco ( b. 1983, shortly Diego ), Brazilian footballer (including FC Hansa Rostock)
  • Diego Pozo (born 1978 ), Argentine footballer
  • Diego Ribas da Cunha (* 1985, shortly Diego ), Brazilian footballer (including Werder Bremen, Juventus, Wolfsburg)
  • Diego Rivera (1886-1957), Mexican painter and husband of Frida Kahlo
  • Diego Rolán (* 1993), Uruguayan football player
  • Diego Tardelli ( born 1985 ), Brazilian footballer (including PSV Eindhoven )
  • Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), Spanish painter
  • Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465-1524), Spanish conqueror of Cuba
  • Juan Diego, Saint of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Juan Diego Flórez (born 1973 ), Peruvian opera singers

Family name

  • Gerardo Diego (1896-1987), Spanish writer
  • José de Diego (1866-1918), Puerto Rican poet, journalist and politician

Fictional characters

  • Don Diego de la Vega, the actual name of Zorro in the pulp novel and film
  • Diego, a saber -toothed tiger ( Smilodon ) in the animated films Ice Age
  • Diego, an NPC in the computer game series Gothic
  • Diego Armando, a criminal defense lawyer from the third part of the Ace Attorney game series

Geography

  • Diego de Almagro (city), small town in Chile in the III. Region, Atacama region, province Chañaral
  • Diego Garcia Atoll in the Indian Ocean, British territory and military base
  • San Diego city in California, USA

Other meanings

  • Cap San Diego museum ship in Hamburg
  • Diego Portales University, Private University in Santiago de Chile
  • Diego ( animated series ), an American animated television series
  • Diego (band), a German indie rock band
San Telmo (disambiguation) El Cid Diego Costa F.C. Hansa Rostock Ice Age (2002 film) Non-player character Gothic (series) Go, Diego, Go!
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