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Some unusual Italian names

by Murasaki (lady murasaki)

12/28/2008, 10:24 AM

I came across this name list in an Italian yahoo answer, someone was asking about the "oddest names" people knew.

Guerrino
Imeide
Nerede
Venanzio
Bambina
Onofrio
Edvige
Terenzio
Maurilio
Fiorito
Orsolina
Ludovina
Gelindo
Tarcisia
Florido
Fermo
Anacleto
Filadelfo
Basilio
Zemira
Ostilio
Innocente
Uberta
Adelio
Gianpaola
Espedito
Orfeo
Salvatorica
Aristide

WDYT? Bambina is really unfortunate because it means "little girl" (though I've heard of a few) and Ostilio sounds like "hostile", but the others are kinda interesting.

#Italian

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- Marija Luminitsa

12/28/2008, 11:09 PM

Those are very cool. Bambina sounds weird to hear as a name to me just with the bit of Italian that I know.

- lac +2

12/28/2008, 4:04 PM

God, Italian names are so cool.

I liked:

Imeide - Is this a girl's name? What's it mean?
Nerede - What does this mean?
Edvige
Innocente
Orfeo

Salvatorica is really interesting. What's it mean?
I was surprised to see that Terenzio is considered to be an unusual name.

- Sofia +1

12/28/2008, 5:04 PM

Don't know for the others, but I'd say that Salvatorica is a female version of Salvatore.

- Murasaki (lady murasaki)

12/29/2008, 3:14 AM

Possibly, though that should be Salvatrice (literally "Saviouress"). Nerede could be a mangling of "Nereide" (a kind of sea nymph). Not sure about Imeide.

- Sofia

12/28/2008, 2:34 PM

I quite like:

Onofrio (there's a very famous church named Onofrio's Basilica in Croatia)
Orsolina
Fermo -met a cute guy with this name
Zemira -not bad, I like the male name Semir
Gianpaola -I've net many Italians with similar combos (Gianfranco, Gianluca, Gianroberta, etc)
Salvatorica -I love Salvatore, but prefer Salvatora for a female
Aristide

This message was edited 12/28/2008, 2:35 PM

- Wordsmith

12/28/2008, 12:50 PM

I admire the following:

Edvige
Terenzio
Ludovina
Filadelfo
Basilio
Adelio
Gianpaola
Orfeo
Aristide

- mafiosa

12/28/2008, 10:39 AM

That's interesting! I like:

Guerrino
Imeide
Nerede
Onofrio
Orsolina
Gelindo
Tarcisia
Fermo
Zemira (this is very charming)
Adelio
Espedito
Orfeo (though the "feo" kind of bothers me because it means "ugly" in Spanish)
Salvatorica

Terenzio just reminds me of Marc Terenzi. Ewwwww.

Those are surprisingly many names, seeing as I usually can't stand Italian ones.

- Jonquil

12/28/2008, 10:27 AM

That's interesting!
Zemira is also a Hebrew name.

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