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HelpRe: Some Italian names
in reply to a message by Lily
I've never lived in (or been to) Italy, so I can't help you there. The only female Italians I know are named Dalila and Alessandra.
From your list, my favourites are Alessandra and Francesca. Raffaella has been growing on me, but I do prefer Rafaela (I like Rafael for a boy).
Daniela, I think, is the form that'd be used in Italy, but I could be wrong. All the Italian Danielas I've heard of have spelled their name with one L. It's a nice name, but not one I've ever been particularly attracted to.
Aurora & Liliana are okay... I do prefer Aurelia, though.
Giada, Alessia and Arianna aren't ones I really like, sorry.
ETA: I found a list of the 30 most common names for 2007 (I think that's what it says. I don't understand much Italian)-
http://demo.istat.it/altridati/IscrittiNascita/2007/T3.3.pdf
From your list, my favourites are Alessandra and Francesca. Raffaella has been growing on me, but I do prefer Rafaela (I like Rafael for a boy).
Daniela, I think, is the form that'd be used in Italy, but I could be wrong. All the Italian Danielas I've heard of have spelled their name with one L. It's a nice name, but not one I've ever been particularly attracted to.
Aurora & Liliana are okay... I do prefer Aurelia, though.
Giada, Alessia and Arianna aren't ones I really like, sorry.
ETA: I found a list of the 30 most common names for 2007 (I think that's what it says. I don't understand much Italian)-
http://demo.istat.it/altridati/IscrittiNascita/2007/T3.3.pdf
This message was edited 1/28/2010, 5:17 AM
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