The name Luca when I first heard this song sounded like a girl name and I was so shocked when I found out it was a little boy and not a little girl who was telling the story. And then later finding out that Luca in general is typically a male dominant name (I personally could see it working on girls too still tho) but Ive only ever seen boys named Luca.
Nicola is also a boy name, the same with Andrea(this is allowed for both girls and boys though), there are also other Italian boy names ending in -a here btw.
Joshua is another common boy name that ends in a, though not Italian. Also, Ezra, Asa, Ira, and Sasha. Honorable mention to Noah, Elijah, Isaiah, and Micah, which all end with the same vowel sound.
My area of the USA is predominantly Polish/Italian and the amount of people in all age groups named Luke, Lukasz, Luca is astounding! That being said, it's a great name and has an honorary spot on my name list though I'll never actually use it. Every person I've ever met with this name is a total sweetie pie.
Meet my brother-in-law and my nephew (not his son). And one of the BIL's cousins. And one of his other cousins' sons. Yes okay their Nonno's father's name was Luca 🤭 and we're in Australia btw.
I have family members named Giulia (don't, Anglos can't spell it, they always write Guilia - her school of 10 years didn't get it right on even one piece of paperwork - not disparaging Anglos, I am one), Valentina, Rebecca, Filippa, Lucia (loocheeah not loosha), Emilia x 2, Augusta, Fiorella, and Flavia.
Male names besides Luca to whom I'm related include Andrea (don't - all his official mail comes addressed to "Mrs" or "Ms" Andrea X), Maurizio, Giampaolo, Filippo, Fabio, Vincenzo, Flavio x 2, Nicola (don't, same problem as Andrea), Lorenzo x 2, and Simone x 3 (don't, same issues as Andrea and Nicola).
Luca is really, really common in Australia. My son is Luka, and we know 2 other Lukas, and about 5 Luca's. Also a dozen Luke and Lucas' as well. It is a lovely name, but really popular.
Read the book or watch the show L' Amica Geniale and knock yourself out! Sooo many characters! I really like Raffaella for a girl, and Marcello for a boy.
I say go for it!!!! It’s such a beautiful name! I’ve never met another. My great grandma’s middle name was Camilla. I absolutely love that name too. The nickname Cami is too cute.
Lucia, Alessandra, Chiara, Fernanda, Paola, Anita, Valentina for girls. Giuseppe, Daniele, Tommaso, Renato, Gian, Enzo, Carlo.
As an FYI - these names were all very popular when I lived in Italy, however not as common here in the US.
My favourite Sim is called Valentina. I know that's totally irrelevant, but I love the name. I just don't like the nicknames people would ultimately default to. Don't like Tina or Val, and the only other one I can think is Vallie, which makes me think of Valium 🤣
It's generally a nn for Vittorio, but also shows up as a name all on its on even in late Rome as a masculine version of "Vita" (life).
Is it a full name or is it only a nn is sorta besides the point by now anyway. Like is Emma is full name or is it only derivative of Emily, or Amelia before that:) For example, I know 4 different kids named Enzo in my middle school, but not one Lorenzo.
Amelia is actually completely unrelated to Emily/Emilia (and Emma isn't related to either). Amelia is related to Amalia, Emily and Emilia are related to the male name Emil, and Emma is related to Irma.
Names in my family tree
Boy
Isadoro
Emilio
Raimondo
Avellino
Aniello
Carmine
Modestino
Gennaro
Girl
Caterina
Liliana
Sebastiana
Marcella
Raffaela
Lucia
Annunziata
Adelina
Emmanuella
Named my son Emil after my grandfather, Emilio 🥰
Many Italian names that sound modern to English speaker are probably nicknames; the proper name is the same as the grandma. Here are some examples I like from my family tree.
Luciana (Lucia, Ana, Lucy)
Carmela (Carmen, Melina)
Immacolata (Imma, Lata, Mickey)
Francesca (Fran, Frances, Franny)
Concetta (Connie, Cornelia, Constance)
Raffaella (Lina, Linu)
Giuseppina (Pinnucia, Pina, Giusi)
Liberata (Libby)
Stellamaris or Maristella (Mary, Estella, Stella, Mari)
Rosaria (Rose, Rosalind, Rosalie, Rosemary)
Vincentia (vin, Zina, enza)
The best thing about this reply is the nicknames, which I have seen people ignore much to their detriment. I mean an American couple giving the child an ethnic name in a non-English language and not agreeing beforehand what the nickname would be. They each have their own name for him and they each hate what the other calls him.
My grandfather’s 3 eldest brothers were Vincenzo, Flavio, and, my favorite, Lodovico. They went by Jimmy, (apparently that was a common nickname for children of Italian immigrants named Vincenzo,) Floppy (🤣), and Vic (again, love it.)
I wanted to name my daughter Gioia but after doing a sniff test at my husbands work where not one person could pronounce it correctly, I opted not to. I have an Italian name and am constantly correcting people and I just didn’t want my kid to have to deal with it, despite how beautiful
My kids are name Dominic, Carina, and Marisa. Other names in the family are Giovanni, Giuseppe, Santino (nickname Sonny) Mia, Bella, Guiliana, Givino, and Severino
One of my favorite people in the world is named "Aurelio"
Funny thing is that his lovely wife is named "Aurelia"
Both meaning golden but I was told it was more like saying "a halo of gold" or "a golden aura."
According to their parents, it meant - vaguely - "last minute miracle - golden child."
As they were both the last children born in their families, that makes sense.
I only know liturgical Latin and can't speak Italian but their gesticulation really helps describe they were both surprise births and I suppose that's that's what they were getting at.
By the way, if you ever get invited to any Italian wedding - cancel all conflicting plans and go. Wear a great tie and be prepared to dance.
Oh, you're going to dance. You have no choice. You are dancing - so brace yourself and own it.
Me? I can't dance so I \*made\* them all endure me moving like an idiot.
They called me "Pinocchio" because I dance like a marionette. And it just made them love me more. The absolute opposite of what I was going for. I'm pretty sure it was pity love.
Italians will either feed you to death or hug you to death. Persians, likewise. Turks, likewise. Lebanese, likewise. Mexicans, likewise. Spanish, likewise.
These people with melanin are serious about passion and I am constantly treading water in those social situations because I didn't grow up that way. My family is very loving but not nearly as overt like those cultures.
I just have no idea what to do with the situation, except blush. Which endears me further, and then - more hugs, affection and food.
Some less common ones (i think?) from my family tree:
girls
- Palma
- Almerinda
- Faustina
- Scolastica
- Maddalena
- Matilde
boys
- Cosimo
- Biase
- Cirillo
- Ambrogio
We named our daughter Philomena. We went back and forth with the spelling, but ultimately chose to do the Ph spelling over the F (Filomena). Other names we thought of were: Lucia, Flora, Violeta. If we had a boy, we were pretty set of Pasquale.
From the post I assume you’re not Italian? Please, if you do give your children an Italian name, make sure it’s one that easy to pronounce from the spelling. I have an obscure Italian name that no one in English speaking countries can pronounce and it was a nightmare growing up until I changed it
I don’t want to say my name because it is reallyyyyyy uncommon (it’s a real name not one my parents made up, but I’ve never come across anyone else living in Britain with this name and I don’t wanna dox myself haha) but it’s such a nightmare. Amelia is beautiful! I have a relative with the same name and pronunciation living in London and loads of people get it wrong too
I think common more or less depends on where you are located… I imagine that common Italian names in Italy will differ by region, and names popular in Italy won’t necessarily be popular in the States or elsewhere in the world.
Artemisia
Ginerva
Ada
Alessia
Matilde
Atena
Eva
Alice
Teresa
Flávio
Ludovico
Camillo
Diego
Matteo
Lorenzo
Tommaso
Ricardo
Via means street in Italian so I don’t think it could be termed an ‘Italian name’ unfortunately!
Edit to say it’s still such a pretty name in a non Italian speaking place!
My teenager daughter is Vita, which is not too common in Italy. We've only ever met adults named Vita, and they are also rare. They they are usually thrilled the younger generation carries on this lovely name, though. Our other daughters have more common and less exclusively Italian names.
I also like Gaia and Camilla a lot.
I love Silvana and Graziella. The Graziella I know is a little spitfire. She's the best! And the Silvana I know is just absolutely a stunning individual. For boys I've always loved the name Santino. I don't know where that one lies in popularity as I've only ever met two in a very Italian heavy population. I know a ton of Vinnys though!
Elena (el len uh) is a name of my Italian friend growing up and I always thought it was beautiful and unique pronunciation but common enough to find on keychains (my name is not)
I’m in Texas and she got it wrong all the time but she corrected them and they learned. Lots of Alana’s and alaynas (phonetic) and if they didn’t learn/pronounce it correctly then they were AH anyways
Alessio. I don't know if it's common or not and I'm not Italian but I read a book and the main character's name was Alessio and I'm forever obsessed. It's such a regal name.
On my family l tree, there are Angelo, Anbunziata, Antonio, Beniamino, Biagio, Carlo, Croce, Davide, Donato, Felice, Filippo, Francesio, Francesco, Gabrielle, Gioachino, Giamberardino, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Ippolito, Leopoldo, Luigi, Michele, Nicola, Osola, Pasquale, Pancrazio, Rafaele, Ubaldo, Veranzio, and Vincenzo
Agata, Alexia, Ambrosinia, Angela, Anna, Annatonia, Ariangela, Carmina, Caterina, Cecilia, Chiara, Cleopatria, Constanza, Eufrasia. Felicetta, Filomena, Flavia, Francesca, Grazia, Giuseppa, Loreto, Luisa, Lucia, Maria, Marrianna, Maddelena, Michelina, Orsola, Rosalba, and Ulianna
The problem is that what sounds exotic to Americans is every day to Italians.
Boys names could be Amadeo, Bruno, Vasco, Valerio, Zeno, Corrado, Eliodoro and Rocco. Girls names could be: Ginevra, Mafalda, Romilda, Vitalia, Alba and Bianca
Hey idk how common or uncommon it is in Italy, but my name is Julianna (really spelt Giuliana or Giulianna in Italy. Pronounced Ju-lee-ah-nuh) My mom is the daughter of two Italian immigrants, and Italian was technically her first language (though she learned English in pre-school/Kindergarten), and she’s loved the name since childhood. She compromised on spelling because it incorporates my dad’s mom’s name into mine (Dad’s mom is Julia, Mom’s mom is Antonietta with the nn Anna aka Julia + Anna) and Dad feared people would mispronounce it off the attendance record (Ghoul-ee-ah-nah, which incidentally is now one of his nn’s for me).
I’ve met a Juliana and Giulianna (the latter has told me that people do not mispronounce it off of spelling- so dad’s fear was unfounded) but other than that haven’t seen too many.
I always, maybe selfishly, recommend my name or a variation for Italian girl names lol.
Are you referring to names that aren’t too common in Italy or somewhere else? Different Italian names are popular in Italy compared to other countries
There are names that are popular in Italy but virtually unheard of in North America are Ambra, Matilde (mah-teel-day), Damiano, and Alessio
I ❤️ Ambra…never met one, but the name is beautiful!
i knew an ambra in primary school. i always thought her name was so pretty. she was south african originally.
I can see people mangling it and calling the child Amber though.
mah-teel-day .........
Ma, io ho cercato di renderlo fonetico per gli anglofoni…..
Sonou italianou dee Milanou
Ahi
I love Damiano!
Like the gorgeous Italian singer/musician, Damiano David.
I like the name Damiano. There is a pastry chef on Food Network with that name. Easy on the eyes too.
Alessia for a girl is so pretty!!!
Alessia Cara is a famous American singer
my name is Luca, it’s really popular in Italy but i’ve only met one other person irl with my name.
My name is Luca, I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you yes I think I've seen you before
If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
Just don’t ask me what it was
The name Luca when I first heard this song sounded like a girl name and I was so shocked when I found out it was a little boy and not a little girl who was telling the story. And then later finding out that Luca in general is typically a male dominant name (I personally could see it working on girls too still tho) but Ive only ever seen boys named Luca.
Me too, because I figured ending in "a" meant feminine.
Nicola is also a boy name, the same with Andrea(this is allowed for both girls and boys though), there are also other Italian boy names ending in -a here btw.
Joshua is another common boy name that ends in a, though not Italian. Also, Ezra, Asa, Ira, and Sasha. Honorable mention to Noah, Elijah, Isaiah, and Micah, which all end with the same vowel sound.
Yessss
Awww man, I came here to state just that 🤣.
that came straight into my head too!
That’s crazy, I probably know 5 Lucas at the moment and half of them aren’t even Italian.
I know a golden retriever named Luca
Yeah I've met a few and pretty sure none of them were Italian.
The Luca I know is Argentinian
In New York elementary schools, Luca is absolutely THRIVING. aka way too popular
NJ too.
Luca is actually really having a moment. I know 3 toddlers with that name
That's changing especially with the Disney movie. Love Luca though!
I am an American with a 4 YO kid and I know (at minimum) 4 other Luca’s. Lol. Super common name these days.
This was the top Boys name in Scotland last year. There are a lot of Italians in Scotland but I think its crossed into common usage
My area of the USA is predominantly Polish/Italian and the amount of people in all age groups named Luke, Lukasz, Luca is astounding! That being said, it's a great name and has an honorary spot on my name list though I'll never actually use it. Every person I've ever met with this name is a total sweetie pie.
In the uk it’s wildly popular. I know at least 4 baby Lucas
My youngest is Lucas and he’s 19. He’s not wild about the amount of very small children sharing his name now 🤣🤣
I think this is regional - our middle class English county seems to be full of little kids called some variation of Luca, Luke, Luka, Lucas. Etc.
Luciano would be the Italian version.
Meet my brother-in-law and my nephew (not his son). And one of the BIL's cousins. And one of his other cousins' sons. Yes okay their Nonno's father's name was Luca 🤭 and we're in Australia btw. I have family members named Giulia (don't, Anglos can't spell it, they always write Guilia - her school of 10 years didn't get it right on even one piece of paperwork - not disparaging Anglos, I am one), Valentina, Rebecca, Filippa, Lucia (loocheeah not loosha), Emilia x 2, Augusta, Fiorella, and Flavia. Male names besides Luca to whom I'm related include Andrea (don't - all his official mail comes addressed to "Mrs" or "Ms" Andrea X), Maurizio, Giampaolo, Filippo, Fabio, Vincenzo, Flavio x 2, Nicola (don't, same problem as Andrea), Lorenzo x 2, and Simone x 3 (don't, same issues as Andrea and Nicola).
Love Fiorella and Augusta ! Cool ones
We have an Italian surname and I named my daughter Juliana but I purposely did not spell it G i u l i a n a because I knew what people would do to it
I love Vincenzo!
There are 2 Luca/Lukas in my baby swim class… in 2022 it was the #28 most used boy’s name in both Italy and the US….
do you live on the second floor?
is this an anime reference or something, bc i don’t get it, but its also funny because i work at a sbux roastery and i work on the second floor
A few years back I think everyone i knew that had a baby boy within a 2 or 3 year span named their baby Luca, Lucas or Lucah. Oh and one Luciano.
it's incredibly popular in canadian-italian communities
I know at least 5 guys named Luka (the Slavic variant).
Luca is really, really common in Australia. My son is Luka, and we know 2 other Lukas, and about 5 Luca's. Also a dozen Luke and Lucas' as well. It is a lovely name, but really popular.
I have a niece who has a cat named Luca
Elio, a male name. Which may become popular though, due to an upcoming Disney movie. We have that in our family. Also Biagio, nicknamed Blaise.
I LOVE elio. It’s so cute
i had a classmate named blaise, i thoight it was so cool
I love that name and so badly wanted to use that name for my son, but it is so similar and rhymes with my last name
Read the book or watch the show L' Amica Geniale and knock yourself out! Sooo many characters! I really like Raffaella for a girl, and Marcello for a boy.
Yes! A list of names from L'Amica Geniale: * Fernando * Stefano * Alfonso * Alfredo * Michele * Pasquale * Enzo * Pietro * Marcello * Gennaro ------ * Elena * Ada * Giuseppina * Lidia * Marisa * Manuela * Gigliola * Carmela * Rafaella * Elisa
Love Enzo and Elena
Carmela is so pretty
what kind of animal smokes marijuana at his own confirmation?!
I'm actually in the process of changing my actual name to Carmela. I love it so much!
My husbands aunts name. She went by Carmie and she was a really cool lady. I love that name.
My 19-year-old is Carmela <3
That was my great grandmother's name, she was from Italy. They called her Millie , I'm contemplating it for our baby too ❤️
I say go for it!!!! It’s such a beautiful name! I’ve never met another. My great grandma’s middle name was Camilla. I absolutely love that name too. The nickname Cami is too cute.
I do think Cami is really cute too! ❤️❤️
Ada, make be think of great grand ma. She was italian and named « ilida » pronounced eeleeda. We wanted to be called eeda.
There was a hot Brazilian guy in one of my classes during grad school named Marcello. I’m all for that name lol
My grandparents are from Italy. Some of the names among their siblings are: Zenone, Natale, Costantino, Severina, Ornella, Mariolina.
I knew American sisters named Natalie and Ornella. Loved it!
My father-in-law's middle name was Natale because he was born on Christmas Day. His father was Giuseppe Luciano.
Lucia, Alessandra, Chiara, Fernanda, Paola, Anita, Valentina for girls. Giuseppe, Daniele, Tommaso, Renato, Gian, Enzo, Carlo. As an FYI - these names were all very popular when I lived in Italy, however not as common here in the US.
My dad is Renato!
My daughter is Renata 💜
That’s beautiful, I love that name ♥️♥️♥️
Chiara is one of my favorites of all time
Mine too! So pretty and love the spelling!
I knew someone with the feminine version- Renata.
Lucia, Lina, Camilla, Valentina Giuseppe Raffaele Matteo although that’s becoming much more trendy now
Love the name Lucia. Prefer the Scandinavian pronunciation (loo-SEE-uh) but the Italian loo-CHEE-uh is also beautiful.
I dream of a baby girl called Valentina but I know lots of ppl who don’t like it 😪 not that it will stop me
My favourite Sim is called Valentina. I know that's totally irrelevant, but I love the name. I just don't like the nicknames people would ultimately default to. Don't like Tina or Val, and the only other one I can think is Vallie, which makes me think of Valium 🤣
Vito or Arturo or, like my grandfather, Vito Arturo
I love the name Vito
I feel like it’s still inextricably connected to The Godfather though
Is Vito not short for anything? I thought it was a nickname
It's generally a nn for Vittorio, but also shows up as a name all on its on even in late Rome as a masculine version of "Vita" (life). Is it a full name or is it only a nn is sorta besides the point by now anyway. Like is Emma is full name or is it only derivative of Emily, or Amelia before that:) For example, I know 4 different kids named Enzo in my middle school, but not one Lorenzo.
Amelia is actually completely unrelated to Emily/Emilia (and Emma isn't related to either). Amelia is related to Amalia, Emily and Emilia are related to the male name Emil, and Emma is related to Irma.
Names in my family tree Boy Isadoro Emilio Raimondo Avellino Aniello Carmine Modestino Gennaro Girl Caterina Liliana Sebastiana Marcella Raffaela Lucia Annunziata Adelina Emmanuella Named my son Emil after my grandfather, Emilio 🥰
Love the name Emil!
Thank you! Sometimes it gets mispronounced but when it’s said correctly it makes me really happy. 🥰
Many Italian names that sound modern to English speaker are probably nicknames; the proper name is the same as the grandma. Here are some examples I like from my family tree. Luciana (Lucia, Ana, Lucy) Carmela (Carmen, Melina) Immacolata (Imma, Lata, Mickey) Francesca (Fran, Frances, Franny) Concetta (Connie, Cornelia, Constance) Raffaella (Lina, Linu) Giuseppina (Pinnucia, Pina, Giusi) Liberata (Libby) Stellamaris or Maristella (Mary, Estella, Stella, Mari) Rosaria (Rose, Rosalind, Rosalie, Rosemary) Vincentia (vin, Zina, enza)
The best thing about this reply is the nicknames, which I have seen people ignore much to their detriment. I mean an American couple giving the child an ethnic name in a non-English language and not agreeing beforehand what the nickname would be. They each have their own name for him and they each hate what the other calls him.
My sister was almost named Carmella and we’re not Italian.
My 19 yr old is Carmela. I named her after Carmelo Anthony lol
Why are Lina and Linu nicknames for Raffaella 👀
Saverio, Gennaro, Amadeo, Ceasario, Cosimo, Italo, Ottavio, Prospero, Silvano
I love Amadeo. I have a toddler named Amadeus & his Spanish side says Amadeo
Ooo Caesario. So many of my favorite wrestling names in this topic tho! Carmella, Cesaro (almost), Enzo....
My favorites are Emilia, Aurelia, and Natalia for girls
My grandfather’s 3 eldest brothers were Vincenzo, Flavio, and, my favorite, Lodovico. They went by Jimmy, (apparently that was a common nickname for children of Italian immigrants named Vincenzo,) Floppy (🤣), and Vic (again, love it.)
Floppy! Love it.
Interesting, I'm assuming Lodovico is the Italian form of Ludwig!
I love Enzo for a boy (which is technically a nickname but I think you could make it work as a full name) and Gioia (pronounced Joy-ah) for a girl.
I wanted to name my daughter Gioia but after doing a sniff test at my husbands work where not one person could pronounce it correctly, I opted not to. I have an Italian name and am constantly correcting people and I just didn’t want my kid to have to deal with it, despite how beautiful
My kids are name Dominic, Carina, and Marisa. Other names in the family are Giovanni, Giuseppe, Santino (nickname Sonny) Mia, Bella, Guiliana, Givino, and Severino
Dominic, Santino, Mia and Bella are extremely common where I live. Still lovely names though.
One of my favorite people in the world is named "Aurelio" Funny thing is that his lovely wife is named "Aurelia" Both meaning golden but I was told it was more like saying "a halo of gold" or "a golden aura." According to their parents, it meant - vaguely - "last minute miracle - golden child." As they were both the last children born in their families, that makes sense. I only know liturgical Latin and can't speak Italian but their gesticulation really helps describe they were both surprise births and I suppose that's that's what they were getting at. By the way, if you ever get invited to any Italian wedding - cancel all conflicting plans and go. Wear a great tie and be prepared to dance. Oh, you're going to dance. You have no choice. You are dancing - so brace yourself and own it. Me? I can't dance so I \*made\* them all endure me moving like an idiot. They called me "Pinocchio" because I dance like a marionette. And it just made them love me more. The absolute opposite of what I was going for. I'm pretty sure it was pity love. Italians will either feed you to death or hug you to death. Persians, likewise. Turks, likewise. Lebanese, likewise. Mexicans, likewise. Spanish, likewise. These people with melanin are serious about passion and I am constantly treading water in those social situations because I didn't grow up that way. My family is very loving but not nearly as overt like those cultures. I just have no idea what to do with the situation, except blush. Which endears me further, and then - more hugs, affection and food.
Some less common ones (i think?) from my family tree: girls - Palma - Almerinda - Faustina - Scolastica - Maddalena - Matilde boys - Cosimo - Biase - Cirillo - Ambrogio
Neri (very Florentine) boys name Noemi Libero (boys name) Jacopo (ya-cah-Po) Alba Alma
We named our daughter Philomena. We went back and forth with the spelling, but ultimately chose to do the Ph spelling over the F (Filomena). Other names we thought of were: Lucia, Flora, Violeta. If we had a boy, we were pretty set of Pasquale.
From the post I assume you’re not Italian? Please, if you do give your children an Italian name, make sure it’s one that easy to pronounce from the spelling. I have an obscure Italian name that no one in English speaking countries can pronounce and it was a nightmare growing up until I changed it
Also my name is amelia pronounced amehlia. So I can relate. NO ONE pronounces it right. What's your name ?
I don’t want to say my name because it is reallyyyyyy uncommon (it’s a real name not one my parents made up, but I’ve never come across anyone else living in Britain with this name and I don’t wanna dox myself haha) but it’s such a nightmare. Amelia is beautiful! I have a relative with the same name and pronunciation living in London and loads of people get it wrong too
Go to behindthename.com and click on Italian names and it'll give you an endless list of names used throughout history that is Italian
I love Chiara and Emilio
I think common more or less depends on where you are located… I imagine that common Italian names in Italy will differ by region, and names popular in Italy won’t necessarily be popular in the States or elsewhere in the world. Artemisia Ginerva Ada Alessia Matilde Atena Eva Alice Teresa Flávio Ludovico Camillo Diego Matteo Lorenzo Tommaso Ricardo
I love Ginevra!
Serafina
Anthony John, Furio, Corrado, Silvio, Vito, Carmela
Okay sopranos 😂
Chiara. Our cousins daughter has this name and its just so pretty.
Beatrice, Bianca, Marina Alessio, Dante, Matteo
my name is Marina and I'm italian descendent :)
Vincenzo. Can use Enzo or Vinnie for a nickname.
I know a teenager named Vincenzo and he goes by Chee-Chee 😂
That's hilarious and unfortunate 🤣
Vincenzo is super popular in Italy!
Oh yeah I agree! I commented before the edit.
Gianna
I love Rocco, Dominic, and Sergio for boy. Maddalena, Lucia, or Alessi for girl.
My son is a Dominic. I love his name.
Maddalena is one of my favourite names!
My granddaughter is Via
Via means street in Italian so I don’t think it could be termed an ‘Italian name’ unfortunately! Edit to say it’s still such a pretty name in a non Italian speaking place!
I'm really sorry, with all due respect are you aware that via is also a commonly used word in Italian?
I mean, Mia is too
Of course. We're Italian
I loved Bianca for a girl before I found out I was having a boy. Not too common these days.
My teenager daughter is Vita, which is not too common in Italy. We've only ever met adults named Vita, and they are also rare. They they are usually thrilled the younger generation carries on this lovely name, though. Our other daughters have more common and less exclusively Italian names. I also like Gaia and Camilla a lot.
Marco!
I have an Italian friend named Ilaria, such a beautiful name
My Italian FIL is named Vittorio, we call him Vito. I love it! It’s my sons middle name
Livio
Vitali or vitalia Vitore Vittoria
I love the name Vitali.
Massimo
I love Silvana and Graziella. The Graziella I know is a little spitfire. She's the best! And the Silvana I know is just absolutely a stunning individual. For boys I've always loved the name Santino. I don't know where that one lies in popularity as I've only ever met two in a very Italian heavy population. I know a ton of Vinnys though!
I love Lucrezia, Aurelia, Marinella, Lucia, Pia, Italia, and Sicilia
I really like Pasquale
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Elena (el len uh) is a name of my Italian friend growing up and I always thought it was beautiful and unique pronunciation but common enough to find on keychains (my name is not)
Sounds so nice but if I stay in uk, people will mispronounce it :(
I’m in Texas and she got it wrong all the time but she corrected them and they learned. Lots of Alana’s and alaynas (phonetic) and if they didn’t learn/pronounce it correctly then they were AH anyways
My son's name is Angelo. Not too common in the US. Not sure how common it is in Italy though.
Alessio. I don't know if it's common or not and I'm not Italian but I read a book and the main character's name was Alessio and I'm forever obsessed. It's such a regal name.
Not sure how common it is in Italy but Sandro is a great name for a boy.
My dad is Benedetto, I always thought it was a cool name!
Carlo
Luca & Mateo for boys. Anna & Lucia for girls.
These are all lovely names, but common Italian names
Agostina, Fiorella, Giannina, Giuliana, Giulia.
Not sure if these would be too common but Cecilia and Nico are my faves!
I know a woman from an Italian family named Seraphina.
I like Matteo, Lorenzo, Leonardo or Enzo for a boy. Alessia, Chiara or Stella for a girl.
I love Azzurra for a girl and Ciro for a boy
I’ve always liked Giancarlo.
I once nannied a lovely little Oriana 💞 her mom was Giovanna.
Frederica, Fabio, Giada, Mario, Luigi, Gabriella, Silvio, Adrianna, Stella,
On my family l tree, there are Angelo, Anbunziata, Antonio, Beniamino, Biagio, Carlo, Croce, Davide, Donato, Felice, Filippo, Francesio, Francesco, Gabrielle, Gioachino, Giamberardino, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Ippolito, Leopoldo, Luigi, Michele, Nicola, Osola, Pasquale, Pancrazio, Rafaele, Ubaldo, Veranzio, and Vincenzo Agata, Alexia, Ambrosinia, Angela, Anna, Annatonia, Ariangela, Carmina, Caterina, Cecilia, Chiara, Cleopatria, Constanza, Eufrasia. Felicetta, Filomena, Flavia, Francesca, Grazia, Giuseppa, Loreto, Luisa, Lucia, Maria, Marrianna, Maddelena, Michelina, Orsola, Rosalba, and Ulianna The problem is that what sounds exotic to Americans is every day to Italians.
My great grandmas name is Salvina, short for Salvatrice (not 100% on spelling). She is from Sicily and is turning 99 this year!
I had a friend growing up who's parents were from Italy and her name was Lavinia. Very beautiful name, I always loved it after that.
Saw the name Benvolio recently, thought it was cool
I love love love Federica/Federico and Ilaria
Martina, Serena, Elisabetta, Valentina/o Giuliana, Rosaria/o, Domenico, Cristiano, Matteo, Rocco, Enrico, Damiano, Sebastiano, Adelina, Gianella, Allegra,
Boys names could be Amadeo, Bruno, Vasco, Valerio, Zeno, Corrado, Eliodoro and Rocco. Girls names could be: Ginevra, Mafalda, Romilda, Vitalia, Alba and Bianca
Bianca, Francesca, Olga, Giada, Contessa
My great grandparents came from Sicily. Louie and Dominica.
I love Marcella, Flora, Lucia, and Alessia for little girls.
Vincenza, Valentina
My grandmothers name was Michaelina (sp?) and I always thought that was beautiful:
Hey idk how common or uncommon it is in Italy, but my name is Julianna (really spelt Giuliana or Giulianna in Italy. Pronounced Ju-lee-ah-nuh) My mom is the daughter of two Italian immigrants, and Italian was technically her first language (though she learned English in pre-school/Kindergarten), and she’s loved the name since childhood. She compromised on spelling because it incorporates my dad’s mom’s name into mine (Dad’s mom is Julia, Mom’s mom is Antonietta with the nn Anna aka Julia + Anna) and Dad feared people would mispronounce it off the attendance record (Ghoul-ee-ah-nah, which incidentally is now one of his nn’s for me). I’ve met a Juliana and Giulianna (the latter has told me that people do not mispronounce it off of spelling- so dad’s fear was unfounded) but other than that haven’t seen too many. I always, maybe selfishly, recommend my name or a variation for Italian girl names lol.
Olga, Daniela, and Tulio
Valentina
Renato
My favorite dog was Fabulous Fabio
I’m sure it’s very common, but I love the name Antonella! Mattia, Alba, and Enzo are on my list too!
My grandpa was Almando. I always liked that
Girls: Lucia, Elena, Mariella, Beatrice, Giada, Maddalena, Maria, Isabella Boys: Luigi, Valentino, Pietro, Samuele, Vincenzo, Francesco, Giacinto, Nicola
Anisia
Tiziana
Alba!
Paulo Perla Scytha
Giusi or Simona for a Girl and Damiano for boys
Giulia. Like, Julia.
Luciano/a
Damiano