Cherubino
Cherubino is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
Cherubino is the Italian word for cherub . The name is derived from the Hebrew "kerubim" ("who prays"). Adapted as Cherubinus in church Latin. The plural is Cherubini.
Well-known namesake
First name
- Cherubino Alberti (1553–1615), Italian engraver and painter
- Cherubino Bonsignori (15th century – 16th century), Italian painter
- Cherubino Busatti (also Busatus, died before 1644), Italian composer and organist
- Cherubino Caietano (died 1544), Italian bishop
- Cherubino Comini (1913–), Italian football player
- Cherubino Cornienti (1816–1860), Italian painter
- Cherubino Ghirardacci (1519–1598), Italian historian
- Cherubino Patà (1827–1899), Swiss landscape and portrait painter
- Cherubino Staldi (1911–2002), Italian chess player
Surname
- Pier Luigi Cherubino (* 1971), Italian-Spanish soccer player
- Salvatore Cherubino (1885–1970), Italian mathematician
Fictional characters
- a character from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Le nozze di Figaro
- a character from John Corigliano's opera The Ghosts of Versailles