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Around the globe, Corrado (Corrado , Корадо , Цоррадо ) is a common boy's first name. The first name Corrado is characteristic of Italy, where it is quite a common boy's name, Switzerland, where it is a rare boy's name, and Croatia. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Italy, Germany, and the United States. Much less frequently, Corrado is the last name as well as the forename.
Corrado is also a popular name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Corrado Cattani , the fictional human, La piovra; Corrado , the operatic character in the opera Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi; captain of the Pirates; Corrado , the operatic character in the opera Una cosa rara by Vicente Martín y Soler; Corrado Waldorf , the operatic character in the opera Maria de Rudenz and Corrado , the operatic character in the opera Griselda by Antonio Maria Bononcini, and in many other works.