Fosco

Fosco is an Italian male first name and a family name.

Origin and Meaning

The name Fosco is derived from the Roman cognomen fuscus (Latin fuscus = " dark brown", " dark ").

As a family name Fosco arrives in Italy rare.

Variants

• Male: Foscarino, Foscaro, Foscolo, Fusco
• Female: Fosca, Foscarina

Bearers of the name

First name

• Fosco Dubini (born 1954 ), Swiss director and documentary filmmaker
• Fosco Maraini (1912-2004), an Italian anthropologist, ethnologist, writer and photographer

Family name

• Angelotto Fosco († 1444 ), Italian cardinal
• Benno Fosco ( born 1940 ), Swiss architect
• Jacqueline Fosco - Oppenheim ( b. 1942 ), Swiss architect

Artist Name

• Fosco Sinibaldi, pseudonym of Romain Gary (1914-1980), French pilot, writer, director, translator and diplomat
• Piero Fosco, stage name of Giovanni Pastrone (1883-1959), Italian film director, screenwriter, author and actor

Other names use

• Conte Fosco Fosco and Contessa, figures in the novel The Woman in White ( 1860) by Wilkie Collins