the etymology and history of first names
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Italian Names
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The names listed here are used in Italy and other Italian-speaking regions. See also about Italian names.
ABELE m Italian
Italian form of ABEL
ACHILLE m French, Italian
French and Italian form of ACHILLES
ADALBERTO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of ALBERTO
ADAMO m Italian
Italian form of ADAM
ADELINA f Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Latinate pet form of ADELA
ADOLFO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ADOLF
ADRIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Feminine form of ADRIAN
ADRIANO m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of ADRIAN
AGAPITO m Spanish, Italian
From the Late Latin name Agapitus or Agapetus which was derived from the Greek name Αγαπητος (Agapetos) meaning "beloved"... [more]
AGATA f Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Cognate of AGATHA
AGNESE f Italian, Latvian
Italian and Latvian form of AGNES
AGOSTINA f Italian
Italian feminine form of AUGUSTINE
AGOSTINO m Italian
Italian form of AUGUSTINE
ALBA f Italian, Spanish
Means "dawn" in Italian or Spanish.
ALBERTA f English, Italian, Polish
Feminine form of ALBERT... [more]
ALBERTINA f Italian, German, Portuguese, English
Feminine pet form of ALBERT
ALBERTO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALBERT
ALBINA f Italian, Polish, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Albinus (see ALBIN)... [more]
ALDA f Italian
Feminine form of ALDO
ALDO m Italian
Derived from Germanic adal meaning "noble".
ALESSA f Italian
Italian form of ALEXA
ALESSANDRA f Italian
Italian feminine form of ALEXANDER
ALESSANDRO m Italian
Italian form of ALEXANDER... [more]
ALESSIA f Italian
Italian feminine form of ALEXIUS
ALESSIO m Italian
Italian form of ALEXIUS
ALFEO m Italian
Italian form of ALPHAEUS
ALFONSINA f Italian
Italian feminine form of ALFONSO
ALFONSO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of a Visigothic Germanic name, probably meaning "noble and ready", from the element adal "noble" combined with funs "ready"... [more]
ALFREDA f English, Polish, German, Italian
Feminine form of ALFRED
ALFREDO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALFRED
ALINA (2) f German, Italian, Polish, Romanian
Pet form of ADELINA and names that end in alina.
ALLEGRA f English, Italian
Means "cheerful, lively" in Italian.
ALONZO m Italian
Italian variant of ALFONSO
ALPHONSO m Italian
Variant of ALFONSO
ALVISE m Italian
Venetian form of LOUIS
AMADEO m Italian
Italian variant of AMADEUS... [more]
AMANDA f English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish
Created in the 17th century by the playwright Colley Cibber, who based it on Latin amanda meaning "lovable".
AMANDO m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of AMANDUS
AMARANTA f Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of AMARANTHA
AMATO m Italian
From the Roman name Amatus which meant "beloved" in Latin.
AMBRA f Italian
Italian form of AMBER
AMBROGINO m Italian
Pet form of AMBROGIO
AMBROGIO m Italian
Italian form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).
AMEDEA f Italian
Italian feminine form of AMADEUS
AMEDEO m Italian
Italian form of AMADEUS... [more]
AMERIGO m Italian
Medieval Italian form of Amalric (see EMMERICH) or Heimiric (see HENRY)... [more]
AMINTA f Italian
Derived from Greek αμυντωρ (amyntor) meaning "defender"... [more]
AMPELIO m Italian
Italian form of Ampelius, the Latin form of the Greek name Αμπελιος (Ampelios), which was derived from αμπελος (ampelos) meaning "vine"... [more]
ANACLETO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANACLETUS
ANASTASIO m Italian
Italian form of ANASTASIUS
ANDREA (1) m Italian
Italian form of ANDREW... [more]
ANDREINA f Italian
Feminine form of ANDREA (1)
ANGELA f English, Italian, German, Romanian, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).
ANGELICA f English, Italian, Romanian
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger"... [more]
ANGELINA f English, Italian, Russian, Polish
Pet form of ANGELA
ANGELO m Italian
Italian form of Angelus (see ANGEL).
ANNA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]
ANNABELLA f English, Italian
Latinate form of ANNABEL... [more]
ANNALISA f Italian, English
Combination of ANNA and LISA
ANNETTA f English, Italian
Latinate pet form of ANNE (1)
ANNUNCIATA f Italian
Variant of ANNUNZIATA
ANNUNZIATA f Italian
Means "annunciation" in Italian, referring to the event in the New Testament in which the angel Gabriel told Mary of the imminent birth of Jesus.
ANSELMA f German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM
ANSELMO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM
ANTONELLA f Italian
Feminine pet form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONELLO m Italian
Pet form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIA f English, Italian, Spanish, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIETTA f Spanish, Italian
Pet form of ANTONIA
ANTONINA f Italian, Polish, Russian
Feminine form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO).
ANTONINO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman name Antoninus, which was derived from Antonius (see ANTHONY)... [more]
ANTONIO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Antonius (see ANTHONY)... [more]
ARABELLA f English, Italian
Perhaps derived from Latin orabilis meaning "yielding to pray".
ARCANGELO m Italian
Means "archangel" in Italian.
ARDUINO m Italian
Italian form of HARTWIN
ARIANNA f Italian
Italian form of ARIADNE
ARMANDO m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of HERMAN
ARMIDA f Italian, Spanish
Probably created by the 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580)... [more]
ARNALDO m Italian
Italian form of ARNOLD
AROLDO m Italian
Italian form of HAROLD
ARRIGO m Italian
Italian form of HENRY
ARSENIO m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ARSENIOS
ARTURO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ARTHUR
ASSUNTA f Italian
Italian cognate of ASUNCIÓN
ATTILIO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Atilius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin... [more]
AUGUSTA f English, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS
AUGUSTO m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of AUGUSTUS
AURELIA f Ancient Roman, Italian, Romanian, Polish
Feminine form of AURELIUS
AURELIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of AURELIUS
AURORA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning.
AZZURRA f Italian
Means "azure, sky blue" in Italian.
BALDASSARE m Italian
Italian form of BALTAZAR
BALDOVINO m Italian
Italian form of BALDWIN
BARBARA f English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]
BARTOLOMEO m Italian
Italian form of BARTHOLOMEW
BASILIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of BASIL (1)
BATTISTA m Italian
Italian form of BAPTISTE
BEATRICE f Italian, English
Italian form of BEATRIX... [more]
BENEDETTA f Italian
Italian feminine form of BENEDICT
BENEDETTO m Italian
Italian form of BENEDICT
BENIAMINO m Italian
Italian form of BENJAMIN
BENIGNA f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of BENIGNO
BENIGNO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Benignus which meant "kind, friendly" in Latin... [more]
BENITO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish form of BENEDICT... [more]
BENVENUTO m Italian
Means "welcome" in Italian... [more]
BEPPE m Italian
Pet form of GIUSEPPE
BERENICE f English, Italian
Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing victory" from φερω (phero) "to bring" and νικη (nike) "victory"... [more]
BERNARDETTA f Italian
Italian feminine form of BERNARD
BERNARDINO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Pet form of BERNARDO
BERNARDO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of BERNARD
BERTA f Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Italian, Slovene
Form of BERTHA
BERTOLDO m Italian
Italian form of BERTHOLD
BERTRANDO m Italian
Italian form of BERTRAM
BETTINA (2) f Italian
Pet form of BENEDETTA
BETTINO m Italian
Pet form of BENEDETTO
BIAGGIO m Italian
Variant of BIAGIO
BIAGINO m Italian
Pet form of BIAGIO
BIAGIO m Italian
Italian form of BLAISE
BIANCA f Italian, Romanian
Italian cognate of BLANCHE... [more]
BIBIANA f Italian, Spanish
Variant of VIVIANA
BICE f Italian
Short form of BEATRICE
BONAVENTURA m Italian
Means "good fortune" in Italian... [more]
BONIFACIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).
BRIGIDA f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of BRIDGET
BRUNA f Italian, Portuguese
Feminine pet form of BRUNO
BRUNELLA f Italian
Feminine pet form of BRUNO
BRUNILDA f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of BRUNHILD
BRUNO m German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French
Means "brown" from Germanic... [more]
CALLISTO (1) m Italian
Italian form of CALLISTUS
CALOGERA f Italian
Feminine form of CALOGERO
CALOGERO m Italian
From the Late Latin name Calogerus which meant "beautiful elder" from Greek καλος (kalos) "beautiful" and γερων (geron) "old man, elder"... [more]
CALVINO m Italian
Italian form of CALVIN
CAMILLA f English, Italian, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]
CAMILLO m Italian
Italian form of CAMILLUS
CARLA f Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL
CARLO m Italian
Italian form of CHARLES
CARLOTTA f Italian
Pet form of CARLA
CARMELA f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CARMEL
CARMELO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian masculine form of CARMEL
CARMINA f Italian
Italian form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carminis "of song".
CARMINE m Italian
Italian masculine form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carminis "of song".
CAROLINA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS... [more]
CASIMIRO m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of CASIMIR
CATARINA f Italian, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Portuguese and Galician form of KATHERINE
CATERINA f Italian, Catalan
Italian and Catalan form of KATHERINE
CECILIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]
CECILIO m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Caecilius (see CECILIA).
CELESTE f & m Italian, English
Italian feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS... [more]
CELESTINA f Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of Caelestinus (see CELESTINE).
CELESTINO m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Caelestinus (see CELESTINE).
CELIA f English, Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius (see CELIO).
CELINO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Roman family name Caelinus, which was itself derived from the Roman family name Caelius (see CELIO).
CELIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Caelius, which meant "heaven" from Latin caelum.
CELSO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Celsus, which meant "tall" in Latin.
CESARE m Italian
Italian form of CAESAR
CESARINA f Italian
Feminine pet form of CESARE
CESARINO m Italian
Pet form of CESARE
CHIARA f Italian
Italian form of CLARA... [more]
CHIARINA f Italian
Pet form of CHIARA
CINZIA f Italian
Italian form of CYNTHIA
CIPRIANO m Italian
Italian form of Cyprianus (see CYPRIAN).
CIRIACO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CYRIACUS
CIRILLO m Italian
Italian form of CYRIL
CIRINO m Italian, Spanish
Pet form of CIRO
CIRO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CYRUS
CLARA f Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English
Medieval name derived from Latin clarus "clear, bright, famous".
CLARETTA f Italian
Pet form of CLARA
CLARISSA f English, Italian, Portuguese
Latinate form of CLARICE
CLAUDIA f English, German, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS
CLAUDIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CLAUDIUS
CLELIA f Italian
Meaning unknown, from the Latin name Cloelia... [more]
CLEMENTE m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CLEMENT
CLEMENTINA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of CLEMENT
CLETO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of ANACLETO
CLIO f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian
Latinized form of KLEIO
COLOMBANO m Italian
Italian form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).
COLOMBINA f Italian
Italian feminine pet form of COLUMBA
COLOMBO m Italian
Italian form of COLUMBA
CONCETTA f Italian
Italian cognate of CONCEPCIÓN
CONCETTINA f Italian
Pet form of CONCETTA
CONCETTO m Italian
Masculine form of CONCETTA
CONSOLATA f Italian
Means "consolation" in Italian... [more]
CORNELIA f English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS
CORNELIO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of CORNELIUS
CORRADO m Italian
Italian form of CONRAD... [more]
COSIMA f Italian
Italian feminine form of COSMO
COSIMO m Italian
Italian variant of COSMO... [more]
COSMA m Italian
Italian variant of COSMO
COSMO m Italian, German, English
Italian form of the Greek name Κοσμος (Kosmos), which was derived from κοσμος (kosmos) meaning "order, decency"... [more]
COSTANTINO m Italian
Italian form of Constantinus (see CONSTANTINE).
COSTANZO m Italian
Italian form of Constans (see CONSTANT).
CRESCENZO m Italian
Italian form of CRESCENTIUS
CRISTIANA f Italian
Italian form of CHRISTINA
CRISTIANO m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTIAN
CRISTINA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA
CRISTOFORO m Italian
Italian form of CHRISTOPHER
CROCETTA f Italian
Pet form of CROCIFISSA
CROCIFISSA f Italian
Means "crucifix" in Italian.
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