Names Categorized "rare Italian"

Adelardo m Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Adalhard.

Adelma f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian (Rare), Literature
Feminine form of Adelmo. This name was used by Carlo Gozzi for a character in his play Turandot (1762).

Adone m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Adonis.

Agapito m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
From the Late Latin name Agapitus or Agapetus, which was derived from the Greek name Ἀγαπητός (Agapetos) meaning "beloved". The name Agapetus was borne by two popes.

Amaranta f Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Amarantha.

Ambrogino m Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Ambrogio.

Amore m & f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Amor.

Ansaldo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of a Germanic name composed of the elements ansi "god" and walt "power, authority" (a cognate of Oswald).

Anselma f Spanish, Italian (Rare), German (Rare)
Feminine form of Anselm.

Antelmo m Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Anthelm.

Ardito m Italian (Rare)
Derived from medieval Italian ardito meaning "bold".

Arnoldo m Italian (Rare)
Italian variant of Arnaldo.

Arnolfo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Arnulf.

Atanasio m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Athanasius.

Aureliana f Italian (Rare), Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Aurelianus.

Balbina f Spanish, Portuguese (Rare), Polish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Balbinus. Saint Balbina was a 2nd-century Roman woman martyred with her father Quirinus.

Balbino m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Balbinus.

Baldovino m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Baldwin.

Benigna f Spanish, Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of Benigno.

Bernardetta f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Bernard.

Bertoldo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Berthold.

Bertrando m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Bertrand.

Bonaccorso m Medieval Italian
Medieval Italian name derived from bono "good" and accorso "haste, rush, help".

Brunilda f Albanian, Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Albanian, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Brunhild.

Cassio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Cassius. This is the surname of Othello's lieutenant Michael Cassio in Shakespeare's tragedy Othello (1603).

Cecilio m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Caecilius (see Cecilia).

Celino m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Caelinus or a short form of Marcelino.

Celio m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Caelius.

Clio f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian (Rare)
Latinized form of Kleio.

Consalvo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Gonzalo.

Corona f Late Roman, Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Means "crown" in Latin, as well as Italian and Spanish. This was the name of a 2nd-century saint who was martyred with her companion Victor.

Crocetta f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Crocifissa.

Crocifissa f Italian (Rare)
Means "crucifix" in Italian, derived from Latin crucifixus "fixed to a cross", from crux "cross" and fixus "fixed, fastened".

Demetra f Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Greek
Italian and Romanian form of Demeter 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Greek Δήμητρα (see Dimitra).

Desideria f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Late Roman
Feminine form of Desiderio. This was the Latin name of a 19th-century queen of Sweden, the wife of Karl XIV. She was born in France with the name Désirée.

Edmonda f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Edmund.

Eliodoro m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Heliodoro.

Ermacora m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Hermagoras.

Eustorgio m Italian (Rare)
From Eustorgius, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὐστόργιος (Eustorgios), which was from the word εὔστοργος (eustorgos) meaning "content", a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and στέργω (stergo) meaning "to love, to be content". Saint Eustorgius was a 6th-century bishop of Milan.

Eutimio m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Euthymius.

Floro m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Florus.

Frediano m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman name Frigidianus, which was derived from Latin frigidus "cold". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish bishop who made a pilgrimage to Rome and settled as a hermit on Mount Pisano.

Fredo m Italian (Rare)
Short form of Federico, Alfredo or Goffredo.

Galilea f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English (Modern)
Feminine form of Galileo.

Galileo m Italian (Rare)
Medieval Italian name derived from Latin galilaeus meaning "Galilean, from Galilee". Galilee is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the New Testament as the site of several of Jesus's miracles. It is derived from the Hebrew root גָּלִיל (galil) meaning "district, roll".... [more]

Gasparo m Italian (Rare)
Italian variant form of Jasper.

Gia f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Gianna.

Giacobbe m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Iacob (see Jacob).

Gilberta f Spanish (Mexican), Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gilberto.

Giosetta f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Josette.

Giovannetta f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Giovanna.

Gregoria f Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gregorius (see Gregory).

Grimaldo m Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Grimwald.

Gualberto m Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Spanish (Latin American)
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Waldebert.

Ippolita f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Hippolyte 1.

Isidora f Spanish, Serbian, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Isidore. This was the name of a 4th-century Egyptian saint and hermitess.

Ladislao m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Vladislav.

Liberatore m Italian (Rare)
Means "liberator" in Italian.

Lorita f Italian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Loreto.

Marciano m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of Marcianus.

Mercurio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Mercury.

Michelangela f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Michelangelo.

Mirabella f Italian (Rare)
Latinate form of Mirabelle.

Naldo m Italian (Rare)
Short form of names ending in naldo, such as Rinaldo or Arnaldo.

Narcisa f Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Narcissus.

Natanaele m Biblical Italian
Italian form of Nathanael.

Nicostrato m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Nikostratos.

Oria f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Aurea.

Orlanda f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Orlando.

Orsina f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Orsino.

Orsino m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman name Ursinus, itself derived from Ursus (see Urs). This is the name of a duke in Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night (1602).

Orso m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Ursus (see Urs).

Ottone m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Otto.

Peppi 1 m Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Giuseppe.

Placida f Late Roman, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Placidus (see Placido).

Polissena f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Polyxena.

Ponzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Pontius.

Porfirio m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Derived from the Greek name Πορφύριος (Porphyrios), which was derived from the word πορφύρα (porphyra) meaning "purple dye". This was the name of several early saints.

Prudenzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Prudentius.

Robertina f Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Feminine diminutive of Roberto.

Romola f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Romulus.

Rossa f Italian (Rare)
Means "red" in Italian.

Rubina f Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Derived from Portuguese rubi or Italian rubino meaning "ruby", ultimately from Latin ruber "red".

Rufino m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Rufinus.

Salomè f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Salome.

Salvio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Salvius.

Sansone m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Samson.

Saturnino m Spanish, Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Saturninus.

Scevola m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman cognomen Scaevola, which was derived from Latin scaevus "left-handed". The first bearer of this name was Gaius Mucius Scaevola, who acquired it, according to legend, after he thrust his right hand into a blazing fire in order to intimidate the Etruscan king Porsenna, who was blockading the city of Rome.

Scipione m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Scipio.

Selvaggia f Italian (Rare)
Means "wild" in Italian.

Sigfrido m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Siegfried.

Sigismondo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Sigismund.

Silvestra f Slovene, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Silvester.

Silvino m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of Silvinus.

Tacito m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Tacitus.

Taddeo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Thaddeus.

Taide f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Thaïs.

Teobaldo m Spanish, Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Theobald.

Teofila f Italian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Italian and Polish feminine form of Theophilus.

Vespasiano m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Vespasianus (see Vespasian).

Vilfredo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Wilfred.

Vitalia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Vitale.