This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is German or Italian.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ognissanti m & f Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare)Means "All Saints’ Day" in Italian, from
ogni "every, each" and
santi "saints", given as a devotional name to children born on the first day of November.
Olimpiade f & m ItalianItalian form of
Olympias. It coincides with the word
olimpiade (plural
olimpiadi "Olympic Games").
Ombretta f Italian, LiteratureCoined as a diminutive of Italian
ombra "shade; shadow", this name first came into usage after Antonio Fogazzaro used it for a character in his novel
Piccolo mondo antico (
The Little World of the Past in English) (1895).
Omobono m Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare)Means "good man" in the dialect of the Po valley in Italy. Omobono Tucenghi was a merchant of Cremona, who dedicated all of his life to charity and peacemaking. He was canonized in 1197 and is the patron saint of the city of Cremona as well as of business people, tailors, shoemakers and clothworkers.
Onar m GermanName of the great Farmer in the videogame Gothic II
Onesta f Medieval Italian, ItalianMedieval Italian name directly taken from the noun
onestà "honesty" or the (feminine) adjective
onesta "honest; sincere".
Opilio m ItalianDerived from Latin
opilio meaning "shepherd, herdsman, pastor". Also compare
Opellius. A bearer of this name was Opilio Rossi (1910-2004), an Italian-American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Oranna f German (Rare), ItalianName of a 6th century Irish saint buried at Berus (Saarland, Germany). The name can be interpreted as a feminine form of
Oran.
Othar m Popular Culture, German (Rare, Archaic)The name is formed from the Germanic name elements
ot "wealth" and
heri "army". Given to the character Othar Tryggvassen (Gentleman Adventurer!) in the award-winning comic series Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio.
Otti f GermanShort or familiar form and common nickname for
Ottilie. Rarely used as an official given name.
Ozon m German (Modern, Rare)Ozon is the German word for ozone, the gas occurring in the high atmosphere and protecting against too much of UV radiation from the sun.... [
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Palmino m ItalianMasculine form of
Palmina. This name is usually given to an infant male born on Palm Sunday.
Pamina f German, TheatrePamina is a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera
The Magic Flute (
Die Zauberflöte in German, 1791).
Pardo m ItalianName of a 6th Century saint associated with the town of Larino, Italy. Believed to have been born in the Peloponnese, Pardo spent three years preaching in Larino before settling in the nearby town of Lucera... [
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Passitea f ItalianItalian form of
Pasithea. A known bearer was the Blessed Passitea Crogi (1564-1615), a Cistercian nun of Siena who beat herself with thorns and washed the wounds with vinegar, salt and pepper.
Paulin m German, Polish, French, Lengadocian, Provençal, Gascon, Romansh, Romanian, Moldovan, History (Ecclesiastical)Romanian, Polish, French, Languedocian, Provençal, Gascon, Romansh and obsolescent German male form of
Paulinus.
Pedrolino m Italian, TheatreDiminutive of
Pedro with an added diminutive Italian suffix
-lino. Pedrolino is a primo Zanni of the commedia dell'arte. Contemporary illustrations suggest that his white blouse and trousers constituted "a variant of the typical Zanni suit", and his Bergamasque dialect marked him as a member of the "low" rustic class.
Persson m & f GermanLikely from the common Swedish surname
Persson and/or the word
person (German:
Person), which is used as a gender neutral title by some nonbinary people.
Phileas m Ancient Greek, Literature, German (Rare)Originally a short form of a Greek name beginning with the element φίλος
(philos) meaning "lover, friend". This was the name of an early Christian saint, a 3rd-century bishop of the Egyptian city of Thmuis... [
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Philian m English, GermanDerived from
Philianus, which is the latinized form of Greek
Philianos. It is ultimately derived from Greek
philos "friend" or
phileo "to love". Compare also
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Pileria f Italian (Rare)Taken from the title of the Virgin Mary
Maria Santissima del Pilerio whose name is derived from the Calabrian dialect word
pileri (
pilastro in Standard Italian) "pillar" (compare Spanish
Pilar).
Pilerio m ItalianPossibly from Calabrian
pilíeri, meaning "pillar", referring to Our Lady of the Pillar, one of the titles given to Mary, or from Ancient Greek
πυλωρός ("gatekeeper, guardian").