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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.

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Other names I noticed a lot of: Berenice, Clarice, Rita, Samuel/Samuele, Adrian/Adriano, Giovanni, Elizabeth, Adam/Adamo, Carmelita.

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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
Marta
Matilde
Natalia
Olimpia
Olivia
Paola
Rosalia
Sabrina
Silvia
Valentina
Veronica
Viola
Violetta
Virginia
Vita
Vittoria

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Amadeo - I went to school with one of these.
Angelo
Antonio
Carlo
Dario
Davide
Elia
Elio
Eliseo
Emiliano
Francesco
Giacomo
Ivo
Leonardo
Lorenzo
Luca
Oscar
Rocco

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I find the girls names a lot more usable (for myself a non-Italian person).