Diego Name Meaning & Origin
Diego
Origin of the name Diego:
A pet form of Jaime, the Spanish cognate of James, Diego is also popularly bestowed as an independent given name.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Name Lists Featuring Diego
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- Italian Boys Names: Most Popular Names for Boys in Italy 2011
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- Nicknames for Diego
Dieguis, Digby, Dieglet, Pogli, Pogli le twerk, Pouglatta, Baby Pogli, Doggy, Diddo
- Meanings and history of the name Diego
- Famous real-life people named Diego
Diego Armando Maradona - soccer player. A lot of little boys were named "Diego Armando" after him.
Diego Rivera - Mexican painter/muralist
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos - Mexican politician
Diego Torres - Argentine pop singer
Diego Klattenhoff - Actor
Diego Velázquez, American actor
Diego Velázquez, Spanish artist- Diego in song, story & screen
Go Diego, Go! - animated children's television series featuring animal rescuer Diego, who is Dora the Explorer's cousin.
Diego libre dans sa tête, french song from Michel Berger
Diego, the sabertooth tiger in the movie "Ice Age"