Reto is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
, commonly used in
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
only.
Origin and meaning
The name means "coming from / related to
Rhaetia
Raetia or Rhaetia ( , ) was a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire named after the Rhaetian people. It bordered on the west with the country of the Helvetii, on the east with Noricum, on the north with Vindelicia, on the south-west wit ...
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Rhaetian Alps
The Rhaetian Alps (; ) are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps. The SOIUSA classification system divides them into the Western Rhaetian Alps, Western, Southern Rhaetian Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps, while the Alpine Club classification of the ...
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Rhaetian people
The Raeti ( ; spelling variants: ''Rhaeti'', ''Rheti'' or ''Rhaetii'') were a confederation of Alpine tribes, whose language and culture were related to those of the Etruscans. Before the Roman conquest, they inhabited present-day Tyrol in Austr ...
or
Rhaeto-Romance languages
Rhaeto-Romance, Rheto-Romance, Rhaeto-Italian, or Rhaetian, is a purported subfamily of the Romance languages that is spoken in south-eastern Switzerland and north-eastern Italy. The name "Rhaeto-Romance" refers to the former Roman province of ...
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Notable people
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Reto Berra
Reto Berra (born 3 January 1987) is a Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL). Berra played seven seasons in Switzerland's National Leag ...
- Swiss ice hockey player
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Reto Capadrutt - Swiss bobsledder
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Reto Götschi - Swiss bobsledder
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Reto Grütter - Swiss sidecarcross passenger
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Reto Salimbeni - Swiss film-maker
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Reto Schenkel - Swiss sprinter
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Reto Schmidiger – Swiss alpine ski racer
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Reto Stiffler - businessman
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Reto Suri - Swiss ice hockey player
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Reto Ziegler - Swiss footballer
Other uses
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Reto-Moto - Danish videogame developer
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Swiss masculine given names
Masculine given names