means a diminutive nickname for names like antonio or humberto in spanish and portuguese, and also the assumed name of yugoslavia's longtime communist leader josip broz.

from in latin, titus was a common praenomen; in spanish-speaking families it became the affectionate short form tacked onto bigger names. separately, josip broz adopted tito as a communist party alias in the 1930s, possibly from a common croatian surname or a curt way of giving orders, and it stuck so hard it replaced his real name on world maps.