So while I was writing a story, I forgot how to spell "Tommaso." No problem, that's what the Internet is for. I found a relevant site on the first hit and I discovered some other things too:
"Calvino" or "Calvin" in English, means "little bald one."
"Biaggio" means to "talk with a lisp (wha?)."
"Cesare" or "Caesar" means "hairy." All hail Hirsute!
"Cosimo/Cosmo" means "order, beauty." Because the DeMedici's were all about order...
...theirs of course.
"Elmo" means "helmet" or "protection. Think "helm, " Matt.
"Fausto" means "lucky." I had a neighbor named Fausto in Parma and the cat was as sinister as hell. I always equated him as the wrong end of a Faustian deal and he was far from lucky. I never did figure out just how he concealed his tail and horns, either.
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