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Name Fiordiligi
Gender Feminine
Usage Literature, Italian (Archaic), Opera
Pronounced Pron. fee-OR-dee-LEE-jee, fyor-dee-LEE-jee
Other Forms FormsFiordaligi, Fiordalice, Fiordalisa, Fiorigi, Fiorigia
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Meaning & History
Means "flower of the lily", from Italian #fiore di giglio#, loan-translation of French #fleur de lys#. It was used by the poets Boiardo and Ariosto in their 'Orlando' poems (1495 and 1532), where it belongs to the wife of Brandimarte. It was subsequently used for a character in Mozart's opera 'Così fan tutte' (1790).