Italian Submitted Names

Italian names are used in Italy and other Italian-speaking regions such as southern Switzerland. See also about Italian names.
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Volfango m Italian
Italian form of Wolfgang.
Volfardo m Italian
Italian form of Wolfhart.
Volframo m Italian
Italian form of Wolfram.
Volumnio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Volumnius.
Vulfranno m Italian
Italian form of Wulfram via Latinized form of Wulframnus.
Vulfrico m Italian
Italian form of Wulfric.
Vulstano m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Wulfstan.
Walkiria f Italian (Rare)
Rare variant of Valchiria. A notable bearer is Italian partisan Walkiria Terradura (1924-2023).
Wiliberto m Italian
Italian form of Wilbert.
Witerico m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Witeric.
Wladimiro m Italian
Italian form of Vladimir.
Xanto m Italian
Italian form of Xanthus.
Yara f Hebrew, Italian
Italian form and variant transcription of Yaara.
Yle f Italian
Yle Vianello is an Italian actress, known for Semina il Vento (2020) and Corpo Celeste (2011).
Zaccheo m Italian
Italian form of Zacchaeus.
Zaffira f Italian
Feminine form of Zaffiro.
Zaffiro m & f Italian (Rare)
Means "sapphire" in Italian.
Zagreo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zagreus.
Zan m Italian, History
Diminutive form of Zanni. Zan Ganassa was the stage name of an early actor-manager of commedia dell'arte, whose company was one of the first to tour outside Italy... [more]
Zanni m Italian, Venetian
A Venetian form of Gianni. Zanni or Zani is a comic figure in the 'Commedia dell'arte', which is the origin of the English word zany.
Zanobi m Italian (Tuscan), Venetian
Tuscan variant and Venetian form of Zenobio. Saint Zenobius of Florence (known in Italian as San Zanobi/Zenobio) (337–417) is venerated as the first bishop of the city.
Zarina f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Tsarina and diminutive of Zara.
Zebedea f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Zebedeo.
Zebedeo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zebedee.
Zebisco m Italian
Transferred use of the surname Zebisco.
Zeffira f Italian
Feminine form of Zeffiro.
Zefirina f Italian (Rare), Gascon, Provençal
Italian, Gascon and Provençal form of Zéphyrine.
Zefirino m Italian
Italian form of Zephyrinus (see Zeferino).
Zefiro m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Zephyr.
Zelinda f Italian (Rare), Hungarian (Rare), Folklore
Supposedly an Italian form of Selinde, itself a German variant of Sieglinde, as well as a Hungarian borrowing of this name... [more]
Zelmira f Theatre, Italian (Rare), Hungarian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Form of Želimira and a feminine form of Gelmir. This name belongs to the title character of a Rossini opera; Zelmira (1822) was based on the play Zelmire (1762) by the French playwright de Belloy, about a princess of Lesbos who must save her father and husband from evil political machinations.
Zennia f Italian
Italian form of Xenia.
Zenobio m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian masculine form of Zenobia.
Zenodoro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Zenodorus.
Zenone m Italian
Italian form of Zenon.
Zenu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Zeno.
Zero m Italian
from the medieval Greek personal name Xeros, derived from Greek xeros meaning "dry", "bare".
Zetta f Italian (Archaic), Portuguese
A diminutive of Rosetta or for names such as Lizette and Suzette.
Zino m Italian
A diminutive of names ending in -zino.
Zippora f Dutch, German, Italian, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Dutch, German, Judeo-Anglo-Norman and Italian form of Zipporah.
Zitella f Italian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Zita 1. Nowadays this is a word for 'spinster' and no longer a name.
Zito m Italian, Brazilian
Male form of Zita 1.
Zosima f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Italian
Latinized form of Zosime and Italian feminine form of Zosimo.
Zosimo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Zosimos via Zosimus.
Zotico m Italian (Archaic), Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zotikos (via Zoticus).
Zuleica f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Zuleika.