Eligio

  • [ el-LEE-jo (Italian), el-LEE-khyo (Spanish) ]
  • Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELIGIUS.

ELIGIUS   male   Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from Latin eligere "to choose". The 7th-century Saint Eligius is the patron saint of metalworkers.
EQUIVALENTS
CATALAN: Eloi
FRENCH: Eloi
ITALIAN: Eligio
LATE ROMAN: Eligius
POLISH: Eligiusz
SPANISH: Eligio, Eloy
FEMININE FORMS
LATE ROMAN: Eligia
POLISH: Eligia