Scipione

The Italian variation of the Ancient Roman name, Scipio, Scipione was predominantly used during the Italian renaissance period. Meaning "walking stick" or "staff" in Latin, it is associated with the Roman general Scipio Africanus, known as a conqueror of Africa in ancient times.

The Scipione form has a number of famous bearers, including historian and philosopher Scipione Ammirato, mathematician Scipione de Ferro, and the geologist Scipione Breislak. Also worn by a number of cardinals and bishops, the Italian prince Scipione Borghese, and a 20th century painter known mononymously as Scipione, it has musical ties too, being the title of an opera by George Frideric Handel.

Pronounced skip-ee-OH-nay.