Enzo

Enzo

Pronunciation	[ˈɛntso]
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	German
Derivation	diminutive of Heinz short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo
Region of origin	Italy
Other names
Pet form(s)	Enzino (little Enzo: -ino), Enzuccio (dear Enzo: -uccio)

Enzo is an Italian given name derivative of the German name Heinz. It can be used also as the short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo. It is most common in the Romance speaking world, particularly in Italy and Latin America but lately also in France and Spain.

People

• Enzo Amendola (b. 1973), Italian politician
• Enzo Amore American professional wrestler
• Enzo Bearzot, an Italian football player and manager
• Enzo Benedetto (1905-1993), Italian painter
• Enzo Biagi, an Italian journalist
• Enzo Calzaghe, an Anglo-Italian boxing trainer
• Enzo Cesario, a Chilean track and road cyclist
• Enzo Dara, an Italian operatic bass
• Enzo Emanuele, an Italian medical researcher
• Enzo Fernández, son of French footballer Zinedine Zidane, named after Enzo Francescoli (see below)
• Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the founder of Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari S.p.A.
• Enzo Ferrari (footballer)
• Enzo Francescoli, an Uruguayan football player of Italian descent
• Enzo Maccarinelli, a Welsh professional boxer of Italian descent
• Enzo Maiorca, a multiple record holder in the extreme sport of free-diving
• Enzo Maresca, an Italian football player at Olympiacos F.C.
• Enzo Muccetti (1912–1977), Italian classical bassoonist
• Enzo Sacchi (1926–1988), Italian road bicycle and track cyclist
• Enzo Scifo, a Belgian football player of Italian origins
• Enzo Sereni, a Jewish-Italian SOE operative
• Enzo Stuarti, an Italian-American singer
• Enzo Pérez, an Argentine midfielder football player

Fictional characters

• Enzo Kang, a character in To the Edge of the Sky
• Enzo Macleod, main character in book series The Enzo Files by Peter May
• Enzo Matrix, a character in the CGI television series, ReBoot
• Uncle Enzo, a character in the novel Snow Crash
• Enzo St. John, a character in the TV series The Vampire Diaries
• Enzo, a side character from the video game Bayonetta
• Enzo Aguello, aka Enzo the baker in The Godfather

See also

• Enrico
• Enso (disambiguation)
• Enzo (dog actor), a star of Frasier sitcom
• Enzo Ferrari (automobile), a supercar formerly produced by Ferrari, named after its founder
• Ozone Enzo, a competition level paraglider