Elio
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Elio is an Italian male given name.
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Elio is an Italian male given name.
== Origin == thumb|The god Helios in a painting by [[Anton Raphael Mengs.]] A name of dual origin, Elio is primarily a revival of (Helios), the Greek god of the Sun. derives, through the Latin , from the Ancient Greek (), which is taken from the noun of the same and means 'Sun'. It shares the same meaning as the Italian feminine name , the Romanian masculine name and the Lithuanian feminine name .
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