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Cool Italian names
by Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)
12/23/2007, 10:43 AM
Here are cool Italian names, from the 16th to the early 20th century, from my husband's family. They were Italian Jews, some apparently into Jewish names, others into all Italian ones!Those who aren't linked can often be found in the submitted names, if you search them on the search engine!(?) shows a name we haven't managed to "understand", any help appreciated!
Renzo
Vittoria
Clotilde
Isacco
Malvina
Salvatore
Cesira
Napoleone
Letizia
Vita Josef (I have seen Vita on men a few times on this family tree...)
Lauretta
Erminia
Tobia
Gemma
Ettore
Noemi
Elvira
Linda
Jona (Yonah)
Colomba
Aldo
Pia
Cesare
Alice
Alfredo Sabato
Elio
Elia
Lia
Adelina
Rosita
Matilde
Virginio
Clara
Bina
Davide
Ada
Nives
Ferruccio
Emma
Lelio (?)
Ariel
Vito
Gianna
Flavio
Edoardo
Marina
Chiara
Fiammetta
Pierluigi (Piero + Luigi)
Luciana
Fabio
Fausto
Piera
Dino
Vanessa
Julieta
Diego
Estevam
Umberto
Rossella
Raffaella
Gabriella
Bettina
Daniele
Asper (?)
Rizza (?)
Ebe (?)
Nello (?)
Cesarina
Nadia
Adele
Edgardo
Maria
Gino
Arrigo
Egle (?)
Valentina
Sansone
Vito
Ines
Marcella
Raul
Gilda
Gisella
Glaudio (?)
Leonardo
Goffedo (from Goffredo?)
Massimo
Adelaide
Gioberto
Serena
Leopoldo
Giuseppina
Giusseppina (apparently, a variation to be sure people would prononce it right in this area)
Cesare
Dodo (?)
Nora
Lillo (?)
Ernesta
Allegrina (pet form of Allegra)
Ida
Livia
Abramo
Nuta
Ferruccio
Luigia
Marianna
Fausta
Fortunata
Abramino (pet form Abramo)
Rachele
Stellina (pet form of Stella)
Grazia
Vitale
Pellegrino
Israel
Rwea (?)
Rachella (Rachele)
Bona (search Bonna)
Allegra
Mose
Nissim
Jamtov (search Yomtov)
Scemuel (Shmuel)
Raffaele Nissin
Joab
Bonaventura
Dolcetta
Pacifico
Enrichetta
Leonilde
Guglielmo
Diamantina
Fabiano
Adalberto
Orlando
Amalia
Arria Flaminia
Gaia
Graziosa
Luchino (?)
Luxardo (?)
Sofia
Momolo (?)
Italia Diamante
Mosi David (Moshe)
Venturina (see Ventura)
Dolce
Raimondo
Nadina
Perga (?)
Dario
Lucille
Oliviero
Piero
Stelio
Emanuele
Gentile
Salomone
Ricca
Shmuel Vito
Claudina
Celeste
Clelia
Sara Nina
Annina
Bertha
Cavour
Barbara
Giovanni
Sigfrido
Joao
Maria Helena
Arminio
Costanza
Dario
Glauco
Eliana
Beatrice
Cara
Roberta
Adria Loletta
Riccardo
Mirella
Corrado
Gustavo
Giorgia
Alvise
Vittorina
Olga
Galle (?)
Anzolo (?)
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- Melania (on a different computer) (melrose452)
12/23/2007, 12:25 PM
What a cool list! Your husband is so lucky that he knows about so many of his ancestors. These are the ones I like/love*Renzo (short for Lorenzo)
Clotilde*
Salvatore* (Reminds me of Sal Paradise)
Gemma*
Ettore
Noemi
Colomba
Pia
Elio
Adelina*
Matilde
Clara*
Ada*
Lelio
Ariel*
Marina
Fiammetta (GP)
Pierluigi
Piera
Julieta (prefer Giulietta)
Diego*
Umberto (because of Umberto Eco)
Raffaella*
Gabriella
Nadia*
Adele
Maria
Valentina
Raul
Gisella
Leonardo*
Massimo*
Adelaide*
Leopoldo
Giuseppina
Allegrina (pet form of Allegra)
Livia
Luigia
Marianna
Fausta
Stellina (pet form of Stella)
Allegra*
Mose
Raffaele Nissin
Guglielmo*
Orlando*
Luxardo
Sofia
Oliviero
Piero
Stelio
Emanuele
Clelia
Sara Nina
Giovanni*
Maria Helena*
Dario
Beatrice* (with Italian pronunciation of course)
Cara
Adria Loletta
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- Justina (guest)
12/23/2007, 12:00 PM
Neat, thanks for sharing! It's amazing that he knows so many of his relatives names- how fortunate.I like:Vittoria
Clotilde
Letizia
Lauretta
Erminia
Gemma
Ettore
Noemi
Elvira - pr. el-veer-a
Cesare
Alice
Elia
Lia
Matilde
Davide
Ada
Emma
Ariel
Gianna
Edoardo
Chiara
Luciana
Fausto
Piera
Julieta
Diego
Raffaella
Gabriella
Asper (?)
Nadia
Adele
Valentina
Sansone
Marcella
Leonardo
Adelaide
Serena
Leopoldo
Allegrina (pet form of Allegra)
Livia
Luigia
Fausta
Fortunata
Stellina (pet form of Stella)
Grazia
Vitale
Pellegrino
Israel
Rachella (Rachele)
Allegra
Dolcetta
Pacifico
Diamantina
Orlando
Amalia
Luchino (?)
Luxardo (?)
Sofia

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- Murasaki (on a different computer) (guest)   +1
12/23/2007, 11:18 AM
I think Lelio is a Roman name, the feminine would be Lelia which is more common. Ebe would be Italian for Hebe, Nello is a nickname for various names. e.g. Antonio=Antonello=Nello. Dodo and Lilo also look like nicknames to me, Rwea seems mispelt to me, since there is no w in Italian Luchino is a nickname of Luca (as in the film director Luchino Visconti), Momolo is a traditional name in the Venice area, possibly also a nickname of something, possibly Girolamo.Luxardo is weird too since we don't really have the x. The others ring no bells, I wonder if Glaudio isn't a dialectal variant/mispelling of Claudio.Where about was your husband's family from? As concerns the naming trends of Italian Jews, I know it's common to give Roman names such as Tullio, Attilio, Adriano, in order not to stick out too much with Biblical names (which, unlike in Protestant countries, would be highly uncommon in the mainstream population) but at the same avoid Christian names.
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- Mrs Claire (Miss Claire)
12/25/2007, 12:58 PM
Thank you so much!His family is from several places: Rome, Venezia, Torino...
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