Benvenuto

Benvenuto is a male given name , which also occurs as a family name . The name is of Italian origin and means something like welcome .

name day

• March 22 : San Benvenuto (1188–1282), Bishop of Osimo

variants

• The rarely occurring feminine form of the name is Benvenuta.
• Spanish : Bienvenido (female Bienvenida)
• Polish : Benwenut

Name bearer

First name

• Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571), Italian goldsmith and sculptor
• Benvenuto di Giovanni (1436–1518), Italian painter
• Benvenuto Italo Castellani (* 1943), Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Lucca
• Benvenuto Terracini (1886–1968), Italian linguist and Romanist
• Benvenuto Terzi (1892–1980), Italian composer and concert guitarist
• Benvenuto Tisi Garofalo (1481–1559), Italian painter
• Benvenuto-Paul Friese (* 1928), German politician (DVU, DLVH)

family name

• Antonio Benvenuto (* 1978), Italian pool player
• Christine Benvenuto , American journalist, writer and therapist
• Edoardo Benvenuto (1940–1998), Italian civil engineer and technical historian
• Girolamo di Benvenuto (around 1470 – around 1524), Italian painter
• Macarena Benvenuto (* 1988), Chilean ski racer
• Sergio Benvenuto (* 1948), Italian writer, philosopher and psychoanalyst

See also

• Benvenuto Cellini (Opera) , opera by Hector Berlioz about the life of Benvenuto Cellini