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HelpWhat are your favourite Italian names?
Hi !!!
What are your favourite Italian names?
Let's play: each name in your mind is perfect for..
*Child
*Teenager
*Adult
*Elderly person
Let me know :)
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
What are your favourite Italian names?
Let's play: each name in your mind is perfect for..
*Child
*Teenager
*Adult
*Elderly person
Let me know :)
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
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I have no idea what names are considered fresh vs. old fashioned in Italy, my mom used to be the manager of an Italian bakery (we are not Italian) and there were a lot of Italian customers. I swear every old man is named Frank (Franco or Francesco) and every old woman is Rosa or Maria. Every family with a little kids has an Isabella and/or a Matteo.
Other names I noticed a lot of: Berenice, Clarice, Rita, Samuel/Samuele, Adrian/Adriano, Giovanni, Elizabeth, Adam/Adamo, Carmelita.
My favourite Italian names are:
Adelaide
Alessandra
Alessia
Allegra
Amalia
Amedea
Aurelia
Aurora
Brigida
Camilla
Carmela
Carmen
Carolina
Cecilia
Clara
Cornelia
Cosima
Dafne
Elena
Elettra
Eliana
Emilia
Eva
Fiametta
Gemma
Ginevra
Isidora
Letizia
Lidia
Lucia
Marcella
Marina
Other names I noticed a lot of: Berenice, Clarice, Rita, Samuel/Samuele, Adrian/Adriano, Giovanni, Elizabeth, Adam/Adamo, Carmelita.
My favourite Italian names are:
Adelaide
Alessandra
Alessia
Allegra
Amalia
Amedea
Aurelia
Aurora
Brigida
Camilla
Carmela
Carmen
Carolina
Cecilia
Clara
Cornelia
Cosima
Dafne
Elena
Elettra
Eliana
Emilia
Eva
Fiametta
Gemma
Ginevra
Isidora
Letizia
Lidia
Lucia
Marcella
Marina
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I made you the longest list of names that I love... and then it got sucked into the void of cyberspace, I guess. Here we go again.
Also, despite being a little bit Italian, I am not familiar enough with the culture to know what names are considered youthful and what names are dated, etc. Most of my familiarity with these names comes from pop culture or this site.
Because of that, I associate various names differently than someone in Italian. I know I've been told that Pietro is a "grandfather name." But to me, Pietro is a young man from The Avengers and the X-Men so I find him youthful and appealing.
Same with Silvio because I have an original character named Silvio who is in his mid-thirties and living his best life. Doesn't seem like an old name to me because that's my only association. I'll give you some comments on various ones though.
Silvio* -One of my favorite original characters. He's not Italian, but Romanian (the fact that his name isn't Silviu is a minor plot point.)
Pietro* -Marvel's Quicksilver character whom I adore despite his numerous flaws.
Leandro* -Had a character named this once too, but he was a young Mexican man.
Alessio -I once wrote a story about teenage boys in the 1600s (or maybe 1700s? I can't remember) and one was named this.
Alessandro -I used to know a man that I thought for years was named Alessandro and then later found out it was Alexandro and I was kind of crushed ngl.
Prospero* -This was the other main character in the above story. (There was a third boy, but it's been many years and I can't remember his name. Possibly Domenico?)
Luciano -I adore any man I can mentally nickname "Lucie."
Also, despite being a little bit Italian, I am not familiar enough with the culture to know what names are considered youthful and what names are dated, etc. Most of my familiarity with these names comes from pop culture or this site.
Because of that, I associate various names differently than someone in Italian. I know I've been told that Pietro is a "grandfather name." But to me, Pietro is a young man from The Avengers and the X-Men so I find him youthful and appealing.
Same with Silvio because I have an original character named Silvio who is in his mid-thirties and living his best life. Doesn't seem like an old name to me because that's my only association. I'll give you some comments on various ones though.
Silvio* -One of my favorite original characters. He's not Italian, but Romanian (the fact that his name isn't Silviu is a minor plot point.)
Pietro* -Marvel's Quicksilver character whom I adore despite his numerous flaws.
Leandro* -Had a character named this once too, but he was a young Mexican man.
Alessio -I once wrote a story about teenage boys in the 1600s (or maybe 1700s? I can't remember) and one was named this.
Alessandro -I used to know a man that I thought for years was named Alessandro and then later found out it was Alexandro and I was kind of crushed ngl.
Prospero* -This was the other main character in the above story. (There was a third boy, but it's been many years and I can't remember his name. Possibly Domenico?)
Luciano -I adore any man I can mentally nickname "Lucie."
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To simplify things I'll use this scale:
*Child
**Teenager
***Adult
****Elderly person
Alba**
Allegra*or**
Elda***
Elisea*
Aurora**
Rubina**or***
Romina***
Mattea**
Taide**
Emerenzia***
Aloisa*
Zaira*
Valentina**
Elvira***
Faustina**or***
Amedeo**
Crescenzo***
Ferrante***or****
Santi**
Terzo***
Nicola***
Battista***
Gino**or***
Taddeo***
Let me know if any of these aren't actually used in Italy often, or at all
*Child
**Teenager
***Adult
****Elderly person
Alba**
Allegra*or**
Elda***
Elisea*
Aurora**
Rubina**or***
Romina***
Mattea**
Taide**
Emerenzia***
Aloisa*
Zaira*
Valentina**
Elvira***
Faustina**or***
Amedeo**
Crescenzo***
Ferrante***or****
Santi**
Terzo***
Nicola***
Battista***
Gino**or***
Taddeo***
Let me know if any of these aren't actually used in Italy often, or at all
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Hi Higuma Kanora !!!
These are exactly the kind of names I WOULD NOT expect to be chosen by users!
The most of them are actually in the geberation of the grandparents or even among the names that have been always rare also that time.
The strangest is Emerenzia: I've never met anyone with this name and I can't remember any namebook with it listed. Maybe is the name of a Saint or a Marian Title.. where did you find it? I would list it Archaic or even Medieval Italian.
Santi is a nickname for Santo or Santino (perhalps it will be used for the new geberation of Santiago as well) but I would assume it is just a short form not a real name.
Gino is very stereotyped the geberation of the grandparents (1920-40) and it is also a short form. I grew up with plenty of Gino in my area (all over 60). Terzo and Battista are in the same cluster.
Then there are the names that can only be called rare: Zaira, Rubina, Elisea and Ferrante). I personally love this kind of names because they are not related with a trend as they have never reached any peak.
Rubina especially is in my PNL!
In your list I like:
Alba
Allegra
Elisea
Aurora
Rubina
Amedeo
Ferrante (but currently it Is the surname of a very famous writer so it is linked with her).
I hope to be helpful :) send me a PN for any question about Italian names XD
These are exactly the kind of names I WOULD NOT expect to be chosen by users!
The most of them are actually in the geberation of the grandparents or even among the names that have been always rare also that time.
The strangest is Emerenzia: I've never met anyone with this name and I can't remember any namebook with it listed. Maybe is the name of a Saint or a Marian Title.. where did you find it? I would list it Archaic or even Medieval Italian.
Santi is a nickname for Santo or Santino (perhalps it will be used for the new geberation of Santiago as well) but I would assume it is just a short form not a real name.
Gino is very stereotyped the geberation of the grandparents (1920-40) and it is also a short form. I grew up with plenty of Gino in my area (all over 60). Terzo and Battista are in the same cluster.
Then there are the names that can only be called rare: Zaira, Rubina, Elisea and Ferrante). I personally love this kind of names because they are not related with a trend as they have never reached any peak.
Rubina especially is in my PNL!
In your list I like:
Alba
Allegra
Elisea
Aurora
Rubina
Amedeo
Ferrante (but currently it Is the surname of a very famous writer so it is linked with her).
I hope to be helpful :) send me a PN for any question about Italian names XD
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Haha well I do greatly favor unique and uncommon names so it's not a huge surprise some of these are rare. As you can tell I don't know anything about what's old-fashioned in Italy so I just choose what I think sounds best. :)
I came across Emerenzia on this site somehow, I'm not sure of it's etymology, but I also love it's other forms Emerentia and Émerence.
I'm glad Zaira and Rubina aren't tied to a certain generation because those are actually the names of two of my characters, Zaira being a young girl in modern times and Rubina a woman from decades ago. I'm surprised Rubina isn't popular as it sounds like it would be very popular to me.
I came across Emerenzia on this site somehow, I'm not sure of it's etymology, but I also love it's other forms Emerentia and Émerence.
I'm glad Zaira and Rubina aren't tied to a certain generation because those are actually the names of two of my characters, Zaira being a young girl in modern times and Rubina a woman from decades ago. I'm surprised Rubina isn't popular as it sounds like it would be very popular to me.
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