Reto
Reto is a male first name, which is practically in use only in Switzerland.
Origin and Meaning
Reto means "the Reti; the Rhaetian; the from the area of Romansh in the Swiss Alps the stem end. "
A rarer form of the name is Räto, which strongly indicates the origin of the name. It is used almost exclusively in the Grisons Oberland ( Surselva ).
Name-day
Well-known bearers of the name
- Reto von Arx (born 1976 ), Swiss ice hockey player
- Reto Bolli ( born 1979 ), Swiss football goalkeeper
- Reto Borer aka Bo Katzman ( born 1952 ), Swiss musician
- Reto finger (born 1972 ), Swiss playwright
- Reto Francioni ( born 1955 ), CEO of German Börse AG
- Reto Götschi (born 1965 ), Swiss bobsledder and bobsleigh world champion
- Reto Hänny ( b. 1947 ), Swiss writer
- Reto Hilty (born 1958 ), Swiss legal scholars
- Reto Lamm (born 1970 ), Swiss snowboarder
- Reto Pavoni ( born 1968 ), Swiss ice hockey player
- Reto Scherrer ( born 1975 ), Swiss radio and television presenter
- Räto Tschupp (1929-2002), Swiss conductor
- Reto Ziegler ( born 1986 ), Swiss football player
Others
- Reto referred further a Germanic deity or a fairy-tale figure.
- Male first name