Amedeo is an Italian given name meaning "lover of God", "loves God", or more correctly "for the love of God" and cognate to the Latin name Amadeus and the Spanish and Portuguese Amadeo.
People with this name include:
A number of rulers and nobles associated with the historical region of SavoyAmadeus II, Count of Savoy (r. 1078–1080)Amadeus III, Count of Savoy (r. 1103–1148)Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (r. 1233–1253)Amadeus V, Count of Savoy (r. 1285–1323)Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (r. 1343–1383)Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (r. 1383–1391)Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (r. 1391–1440), better known as Antipope Felix VAmadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (r. 1465–1472)Amedeo di Savoia (1845–1890), later Amadeo I of SpainPrince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1898–1942)Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (b. 1943)Amedeo Modigliani (a.k.a. Modi) Italian painter and sculptorAmedeo Avogadro Italian scientistPrince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este