Maffeo
Maffeo is an Italian male personal name.
origin
Maffeo is a subsidiary form of the name Matteo , originally from the Greek name Ματθαίος (Matthaíos / Matthéos) and is therefore the Italian form of Matthew . The lack of the th sound in Italian made it an f sound . There is also the Mazzeo form, which was formed in the same way.
variants
male: Matteo, Mazzeo, Feo
female: Mattea, Maffea, Fea
For variants in other languages, see Matthew .
Name bearer
- Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII (1568–1644)
- Maffeo Barberini (1631–1685), nobleman and great-nephew of the upper
- Maffeo Contarini († 1460), Patriarch of Venice
- Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli (1918–2012), Bishop of Belluno-Feltre
- Maffeo Nicolò Farsetti (1677–1741), Archbishop of Ravenna
- Maffeo Gherardi (1406–1492), Patriarch of Venice
- Maffeo Pantaleoni (1857–1924), economist and politician
- Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458), poet
- Maffeo Verona (1574–1618), painter
Maffeo is also the last name of:
- Luigi Maffeo (1915–1971), Italian clergyman and Roman Catholic military archbishop of Italy
- Pablo Maffeo (* 1997), Spanish football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ornella Castellani Pollidori: In riva al fiume della lingua: studi di linguistica e filologia (1961-2002). Salerno 2004, ISBN 978-8-884-02472-5 , p. 274.