Enzo is an

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derivative of the German name

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. It can be used also as the short form for Lorenzo, Vincenzo, Innocenzo, or Fiorenzo. It is most common in the

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, particularly in

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and

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. It has also been well-used in countries such as

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, where it was the most popular name for newborn boys in 2004 and 2007. Enzo has also risen in use in the United States, influenced by the fame of Argentinean footballer

Enzo Fernández Enzo Jeremías Fernández (born 17 January 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Chelsea and the Argentina national team. Primarily a central midfielder, he is also capable of playing as a defensive ...

. The name is particularly popular among

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People

Enzo Amendola Vincenzo "Enzo" Amendola (born 22 December 1973) is an Italian politician of the Democratic Party (PD). On 5 September 2019, Amendola was appointed Minister for European Affairs in the Conte II Cabinet. Early life and career Amendola was bo ...

(born 1973), Italian politician * Enzo Amore (born 1986), Ring name of American professional wrestler Eric Arndt *

Enzo Bearzot Enzo Bearzot (; 26 September 1927 – 21 December 2010) was an Italian professional football player and manager. A defender and midfielder in his playing career, he also coached the Italy national team to victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. ...

(1927–2010), Italian football player and manager *

Enzo Benedetto Enzo Benedetto (10 November 1905 - 27 May 1993) was an Italian painter, associated with Futurism Futurism ( ) was an Art movement, artistic and social movement that originated in Italy, and to a lesser extent in other countries, in the early ...

(1905–1993), Italian painter *

Enzo Biagi Enzo Biagi (; 9 August 1920 – 6 November 2007) was an Italian journalist, writer and former partisan. Life and career Biagi was born in Lizzano in Belvedere, and began his career as a journalist in Bologna. In 1952, he worked on the screenpl ...

(1920–2007), Italian journalist *

Enzo Bottesini Enzo Bottesini (born in Genoa, 1942) is an Italian journalist and actor. Biography A graduate in political science, Bottesini became known to the general public as a contestant on the TV quiz show '' Rischiatutto'', where he presented himself as a ...

(born 1942), Italian journalist and actor *

Enzo Calzaghe Pietro Vincenzo "Enzo" Calzaghe (1 January 1949 – 17 September 2018) was an Italian-born Welsh boxing trainer. He was the father of Joe Calzaghe and the head trainer for Team Calzaghe at the Newbridge boxing club. He, along with son Joe, wa ...

(1949–2018), Anglo-Italian boxing trainer *

Enzo Cesario Enzo Bruno Cesario Farias (born August 30, 1980) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Chile. He won two gold medals for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Career ;2000 :3rd in Pro ...

(born 1980), Chilean track and road cyclist *

Enzo Dara Enzo Dara (13 October 1938 – 25 August 2017) was an Italian basso buffo. ''Opera News ''Opera News'' was an American classical music magazine. It was published from 1936 to 2023 by the Metropolitan Opera Guild—a non-profit organizatio ...

(1938–2017), Italian operatic bass *

Enzo Emanuele Enzo Emanuele (born June 10, 1977) is an Italian clinical pathologist known for his interdisciplinary research in the field of biological psychology. He has studied the biochemical basis of romantic interpersonal attraction and identified the ne ...

(born 1977), Italian medical researcher and editor *

Enzo Faletto Enzo Doménico Faletto Verné (July 14, 1935 – June 22, 2003) was a Chilean sociologist and historian. Together with former Brazilian president and sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso, he wrote the book ''Dependency and Development in Lati ...

(1935–2003), Chilean sociologist *

(born 1995), French footballer *

(born 2001), Argentine footballer *

Enzo Ferrari Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari (; ; 18 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italian racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of Scuderia Ferrari in Grand Prix motor racing, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. Under h ...

(1898–1988), Italian race car driver, founder of Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari S.p.A. * Enzo Ferrari (Italian footballer) (1942–2025), Italian former footballer and manager * Enzo Ferrari (Chilean footballer) (born 1979), Chilean former footballer and manager * Enzo Francescoli (born 1961), Uruguayan football player *

Enzo Maccarinelli Enzo Maccarinelli (born 20 August 1980) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2016. He held the World Boxing Organisation (WB0) cruiserweight title from 2006 to 2008. At regional level, he held the European and Briti ...

(born 1980), Welsh professional boxer * Enzo Maiorca (1931–2016), Italian multiple record holder in free-diving * Enzo Maresca (born 1980), Italian football player *

Enzo Mari Enzo Mari (27 April 1932 – 19 October 2020) was an Italians, Italian modernist artist and furniture designer who is known to have influenced many generations of industrial designers. Early life and education Mari was born in Novara, Ita ...

(1932–2020), Italian artist and designer * Enzo Muccetti (1912–1977), Italian classical bassoonist *

Enzo Pérez Enzo Nicolás Pérez (; born 22 February 1986) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentine Primera División club River Plate. Pérez played four years for S.L. Benfica in Portugal, where he won five trophie ...

(born 1986), Argentine midfielder football player * Enzo Roco (born 1992), Chilean football player * Enzo Sacchi (1926–1988), Italian road bicycle and track cyclist *

Enzo Scifo Vincenzo "Enzo" Daniele Scifo (; born 19 February 1966) is a retired Belgian football midfielder. He has also managed the Belgium national under-21 football team and several Belgian club sides. He played for clubs in Belgium, France and Italy, w ...

(born 1966), Belgian football player *

Enzo Sciotti Enzo Sciotti (24 September 1944 – 11 April 2021) was an Italian artist and illustrator. Sciotti was known for his illustrations of more than 3000 movie posters, typically for horror films, including ''The Beyond (1981 film), The Beyond'', ''De ...

(1944–2021), Italian artist and illustrator * Enzo Sereni (1905–1944), Italian-Palestinian Zionist, writer, and SOE operative * Enzo Staiola (1939–2025), Italian child actor * Enzo Stuarti (1919–2005), Italian-American singer

Fictional characters

* Enzo, a side character from the video game series ''

Bayonetta is a science fantasy action-adventure video game franchise created by Hideki Kamiya. It is developed by PlatinumGames, owned by Sega, and, since the release of Bayonetta 2 in 2014, published by Nintendo. The franchise was introduced in 2009 w ...

'' * Enzo, Jerry's barber in the ''

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...

'' episode "The Barber" * Uncle Enzo, a character in the novel ''

Snow Crash ''Snow Crash'' is a science fiction novel by the American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1992. Like many of Stephenson's novels, its themes include history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryp ...

'' * Enzo Aguello, AKA Enzo the baker in ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American Epic film, epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling The Godfather (novel), 1969 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast inc ...

'' * Enzo Favara, a protagonist in '' Mafia: The Old Country'' * 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 In computing, rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. Reboots can be either a cold reboot (alternatively known as a hard reboot) in which the power to the system is physi ...

'' * Enzo Scanno, a character in the ''

Neapolitan Novels The Neapolitan Novels, also known as the Neapolitan Quartet, are a four-part series of fiction by the pseudonymous Italian author Elena Ferrante, published originally by Edizioni e/o, translated into English by Ann Goldstein and published by ...

'' * Enzo St. John, a character in the TV series ''

The Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...

'' * Enzo Sargassi, a boss in '' Ghostbusters: The Video Game'' (realistic versions)

People

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