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Italian names - help!
Does anyone have any good ideas on Italian sounding names that would go nicely with the last name DeAngelo? Some of my and DH's favorites so far are below. Can anyone help with more names and/or good combos -- even using names that aren't listed? So far we only have one possibility for a boy: Christian Joseph Salvatore -- the 2 mn's are his grandad's fn and mn -- but even that we're not 100% sure of. We need help!Girls:
Evanglista
Francesca
Giovanna
Isabela
Lorenza
Luciana
MiaBoys:
Cristiano (would call him Christian)
Lorenzo
Luciano "Luca"
Milo (not Italian I know, but we like it!)
Salvatore
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My Italian favorites are Eliana and Matteo.~*|Bethany|*~
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I like Francesca, Isabela, Luciano, Mia, Luciano "Luca" (love this) and Milo best. :)Some more suggestions:
Ilaria
Isotta
Emiliana
Odilia
Noemi
Raffaela
Renata
ViolettaDomenico
Enzo
Rocco
PaoloGood luck!
~Heather~
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Do ancient Roman names count?Of your list, I like Giovanna DeAngelo, Lorenza DeAngelo, and Luca DeAngelo. Are ancient Roman names in the running? I'll mix them in with my favorite Italian names. You might like:Silvia DeAngelo
Julia / Giulia DeAngelo
Maia DeAngelo
Octavia DeAngelo
Flora DeAngelo
Antonia / Antonina (Nina) / Antonella (Nell) DeAngelo
Camilla DeAngelo
Aurelia DeAngelo
Ginevra DeAngelo (= Jennifer, nn Ginnie)
Artemisia DeAngelo (nn Mimi, Mia)
Renata DeAngelo
Bartolomea DeAngelo
Franca DeAngelo
Piera DeAngelo
Severina DeAngelo
Giorgia DeAngelo
Agnesca DeAngelo
Ines DeAngelo (ee-NESS)

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I come from an italian background. I have 1 sister and 4 brothers. Only 3 of them (my bros) have italian names. They are:Rocco
Louie (Louis)
Marco
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I like your idea for a boy.
Female Italian names I like are Alessia, Giada, Chiara and Loredana.
AndrewMarie: "Oh my G*d he's in a cult!"
Robert: "It's not a cult, Ma, it's just a bunch of people who care about me, who want to see me happy!"
Marie: "You have that here, you stupid a*s!"
~Quote from "Everybody Loves Raymond"
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And a few more...And A few moreAgostina
Ambra
Amedea
Annunziata
Arabella
Caprice
Cristiana
Crocifissa
Giulia
Fiammetta
AndrewMarie: "Oh my G*d he's in a cult!"
Robert: "It's not a cult, Ma, it's just a bunch of people who care about me, who want to see me happy!"
Marie: "You have that here, you stupid a*s!"
~Quote from "Everybody Loves Raymond"
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Italian names I love are Giada, Chiara and Loredana._____________________________________________________________________Elinor
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more helpOf your names, I love all of them but prefer Francesca and Isabella for a girl and Luciano and Salvatore for a boy. I also like Milo even if it isn't Italian and think it sounds great with your surname.Names I forgot to add: Evelina and Daniela/Daniele.
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Girls names:
Barbara
Gabriella
Francesca
Luigina or Regina (nn Gina)
Maddalena (Italian version of my name, and I love it so much more than my real name)
Teresa
Giulia (Giuliana or Giulietta)
Giovanna
Caterina
Elisabetta (one of my favorites)
Natalia
Anna (or Annamaria or Annalisa)
Antonia
Clara
Clementina
Patrizia
Piera
Rebecca
Evelina
Maria
Giada--I LOVE this name!
GloriaBoys names:
Federico
Giuseppe
Giovanni
Gaspare
Mario
Roberto
Gino
Antonio
Lorenzo
Nicolo (or Niccolo)
Paolo
Salvatore--I LOVE this name, too! And any combination of Joseph Salvatore/Salvatore Joseph is great!You are so fortunate to have an Italian surname! I am about half Italian with an Irish surname (my boyfriend has an Irish/Scottish surname as well and not a drop of Italian blood), so most Italian first names would sound a little ridiculous with either of our last names (not that we're discussing names for our children right now...). I do love Italian names, though...some of these came straight from my Italian textbook, too. Good luck choosing a name! :)
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Giovanna and Luciano! Defintely! Those are fantastic :) I like Gianna a lot too but that's becoming trendy :(
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A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"

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Some of my personal favorites (like ones that I remember offhand and like, not just "I was looking through the Italian names and these caught my eye):Nunzia
Vitalia
Antonina or Antonia
Teodora
Domenica
Cosima
Orlanda
Paola
RenataCiro
Silvio
Camillo
Carmine
NinoThe boys' names list gets pretty repetative for me because I like anything that's about two syllables long and ends in "o." :-) Doesn't really narrow it down. My grandfather's family was Italian and these were the names of his parents and siblings, if you're interesting. :-) I thought they were pretty cool. Of course they were all anglicized eventually, which was too bad.Antonio (sisters Natalina, Vincenza)
CaterinaAssunta
Virginie
Maria
Orlando
Domenico
Raimondo
Arduino
Giuseppe
Rocco
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IletaI don't think Ileta is Italian, but I have an Ecuadorian/Italian friend by this name and I think it's beautiful. It's similarly styled to a lot of Italian names.
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