Borromeo

Borromeo is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

Borromeo is a Latinization of the Italian family name Borromeo . As a first name it came into use through the veneration of the Catholic Saint Charles Borromeo .

distribution

Borromeo is very rarely given as the first name, mostly it occurs as a middle name in connection with the name Karl .

name day

November 4 : Saint Charles Borromeo (1538–1584), cardinal, archbishop of Milan and counter-reformer

Name bearer

• Carl Borromäus Cünzer (1816–1872), German writer
• Karl Borromäus Frank (also Karl B. Frank or just Karl Frank; 1893-1969), Austrian-German-American political publicist, politician and psychoanalyst
• Karl Borromäus Hanl von Kirchtreu (Czech: Karel Boromejský Hanl z Kirchtreu; ​​1782–1874), Catholic bishop of Königgrätz
• Karl Herloßsohn (actually Borromäus Sebastian Georg Karl Reginald Herloß; 1804–1849), German writer, journalist and encyclopaedist
• Karl Borromäus Landsteiner (1835–1909), Austrian Catholic theologian and writer
• Karl Borromäus von Miltitz (1781–1845), German poet, composer and music critic
• Carl Borromäus Weitzmann (1767–1828), Swabian dialect poet, lawyer, Freemason in Vienna and Ulm, died in Ehingen, buried without a name