Fosco
Fosco is a masculine Italian given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
The name Fosco is derived from the Roman cognomen Fuscus ( Latin fuscus = "dark brown", "dark").
Fosco is a rare family name in Italy.
variants
- male: Foscarino, Foscaro, Foscolo, Fusco
- female: Fosca, Foscarina
Name bearer
First name
- Fosco Dubini (* 1954), Swiss director and documentary filmmaker
- Fosco Giachetti (1900–1974), Italian actor
- Fosco Maraini (1912–2004), Italian anthropologist, ethnologist, writer and photographer
family name
- Angelotto Fosco (1378–1444), Italian cardinal
- Benno Fosco (* 1940), Swiss architect
- Jacqueline Fosco-Oppenheim (* 1942), Swiss architect
stage 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, writer and actor
Other usage of names
- Conte Fosco and Contessa Fosco , characters in the novel The Woman in White (1860) by Wilkie Collins
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fosco on vornames-weltweit.de
- ↑ Origini dei cognomi italiani ( Memento of the original of October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fosco, Angelotto. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website , English)
