Comments for the name Simonetta

Comments for SIMONETTA:

Simonetta was the name of Sandro Botticelli's model for "The Birth of Venus" and most of his mythological female figures and madonnas. She was reputed the most beautiful woman of her time (c. 1450). Her last name was Vespucci, and she was related to Amerigo Vespucci, after whom the continent of America is named.

-- attenomis  3/10/2006

In Italy Simonetta was typical of the 1950s (8th most popular name in Rome in 1956). It was an ephemeral fashion: in the 1960s and 1970s the variant Simona was preferred.

-- presentperfect  12/21/2008

The pronunciation is see-maw-NAYTT-tah.

-- presentperfect  12/21/2008

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