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Some present and future Italian babies

by Murasaki (lady murasaki)

6/21/2009, 5:24 AM

I went to a wedding yesterday, there were 2 women who are both 8-month pregnant with little boys. Of course I asked what were they planning to name them, one is going to be Antonio, the other, whose dad is Austrian, will be Oliver (I think they wanted him to have a name that matches the surname), and everyone already refers to him as Oliver.

Then there was another couple who has 2 young kids. Their names are Benedetta and Filippo.

Any thoughts? I like Oliver and Filippo. Antonio and Benedetta are quite common and feel a bit boring.

Oh, and the groom has a 6-months niece named Elena (nice name) and of course there had to be a baby Francesca (apart from at least 3 grown up ones).

#Italian

This message was edited 6/21/2009, 5:25 AM

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- Tassiegirl +2

6/21/2009, 7:12 AM

Francesca seems to have been the "Jennifer" of the Italian-speaking community. :-))
To me, though, it's somewhat uncommon, and very beautiful. (and I like Jennifer too.)

Antonio-good name.
Oliver-nice also
Flippo-to my eyes, seems like it should begin with "Ph".
Benedetta-too much movement of the tongue, somehow!
Elena-very pretty.

- Murasaki (lady murasaki) +1

6/21/2009, 10:02 AM

Yes, Francesca can certainly be considered the equivalent of Jennifer as a name that was relatively uncommon until the late 1970s and then had a phenomenal boom. Though I don't think nowadays you'd meet a lot of baby Jennifer's in the English-speaking world, would you?

- Tassiegirl

6/21/2009, 7:28 PM

No, haven't seen any baby Jennifers.

Currently, the trend in my (French-speaking) community is to use English names. Sometimes spelled in an unlikely way...I think parents just hear them, and reproduce them phonetically.

Alexandre is the boy name of choice, has been for a few years now. Girls' names, as always, more varied.

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