This time the male name in First Names First is Carlo – a name that essentially means “man”. As an Italian name it is a short form of Charles, and as a Spanish name, a short form of Carlos. So, take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind these names. Give this a couple of minutes – for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!

Carlo Borromeo* cardinal/ Archbishop of Milan/reformer – Castle of Arona, Duchy of Milan (1538)
Carlo Contarini* the 100th Doge of Venice – Venice, Republic of Venice (1580)

Carlo Rainaldi* Italian architect – Rome (1611)
Carlo Maratta* painter – Camerano, Papal States (1625) 
Carlo Mannelli* violinist/ castrato/composer- Rome, Papal States (1640)
Carlo Alessandro Guidi* Italian lyric poet – Pavia, Lombardy (1650)
Carlo Gimach* architect/engineer/poet – Hospitaller Malta, Malta (1651)
Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli* Italian sculptor/architect – Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1675)

Carlo Goldoni* playwright/librettist – Venice, Republic of Venice (1707)
Carlo Buonaparte* lawyer/diplomat/ father of Napoleon Bonaparte – Ajaccio, Corsica, Republic of Genoa (1746)

Carlo Collodi* (b Lorenzini) writer/humorist/journalist – Florence, GD of Tuscany (1826)

Carlo Gambino* Italian-American crime boss of the Gambino crime family /to the U.S. at age 19 – Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy (1902)

Carlo Ponti* film producer – Magenta, Lombardy, Italy (1912)

Updated 2024-1231