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Flavio - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Flavio

[ 3 syll. fla-vio, fl-av-io ] The boy name Flavio is pronounced as FLAAViyow KEY. Flavio is used predominantly in the Italian and Spanish languages, and it is derived from Latin origins. The first name is derived from the Roman family name Flavius (Latin), which was originally a nickname from the element 'flavus' (yellow, yellow-haired, blond), possibly given to someone with blond hair. The family name was borne by Roman emperors such as the 1st century Titus Flavius Vespasianus, who took the name Caesar Vespasianus Augustus and is known as the emperor Vespasian, and his son Titus Flavius Vespasianus who is known as the emperor Titus. The name Flavia (Italian) is the female version of Flavio.

Flaviano (Italian), Flavien (French), and Flawiusz (Polish) are variants of Flavio.

Flavio is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Flavio include Felipo (Spanish), Filipo (Spanish), Filippo (Italian), Fulvio (German and Italian), Philippe (French), Feeleep (Russian), Felip (Catalan), Felipe (Spanish), Filep (Hungarian), Filib (Scottish), Filip (Czech, Irish, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Filipe (Portuguese), Filipp (German and Russian), Fillip (English), Fulop (Hungarian), Fülöp (Hungarian), Philip (English), Philipp (German), Phillip (English), and Phillipp (English).

KEY: English pronunciation for Flavio: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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