User-submitted name Duccio - Behind the Name

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Gender Masculine

Usage Medieval Italian (Tuscan), Italian (Tuscan)

Pronounced Pron. DOOTT-tchaw(Medieval Tuscan Italian, Tuscan Italian)

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Meaning & History

Medieval masculine given name recently fashionable in Tuscany. It is a short form of ANDREUCCIO, Leonarduccio (diminutive of LEONARDO), Bernarduccio (diminutive of BERNARDO), Armanduccio (diminutive of ARMANDO) and other given names ending in -duccio.

A famous bearer of this name was the Sienese painter Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255-1318).