Behind the Name: Italian Names

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The names listed here are used in Italy and other Italian-speaking regions. See also about Italian names.

DAFNE f Italian
Italian form of DAPHNE

DAMIANA f Italian
Italian feminine form of DAMIAN

DAMIANO m Italian
Italian form of DAMIAN

DANIELA f German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIELE m Italian
Italian form of DANIEL

DANILO m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of DANIEL

DANTE m Italian
Medieval short form of DURANTE... [more]

DARIA f Italian, Polish, Romanian, English, Late Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of DARIUS... [more]

DARIO m Italian
Italian form of DARIUS

DAVIDE m Italian
Italian form of DAVID

DEBORA f Italian, German, Dutch
Italian, German and Dutch form of DEBORAH

DELFINA f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of DELPHINA

DELIA f English, Italian, Spanish, Greek Mythology
Means "of Delos" in Greek... [more]

DEMETRIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of DEMETRIUS

DESIDERIA f Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of DESIDERIO... [more]

DESIDERIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of DESIDERIUS

DIANA f English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Dutch, Romanian, Russian, Lithuanian, Roman Mythology
Probably derived from an old Indo-European root meaning "heavenly, divine", related to dyeus (see ZEUS)... [more]

DINO m Italian
Short form of names ending in dino.

DIONISIO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of DIONYSIUS

DOMENICA f Italian
Italian feminine form of DOMINIC

DOMENICO m Italian
Italian form of DOMINIC... [more]

DOMITILLA f Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name DOMITIUS... [more]

DONATA f Italian
Feminine form of DONATO

DONATELLA f Italian
Diminutive of DONATA

DONATELLO m Italian
Diminutive of DONATO... [more]

DONATO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given"... [more]

DORIANO m Italian
Italian form of DORIAN

DOROTEA f Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Cognate of DOROTHEA

DUILIO m Italian
From the Roman name Duilius, which is possibly derived from Latin duellum "war"... [more]

DURANTE m Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Durans which meant "enduring".

EDDA f Italian
Italian form of HEDDA

EDMONDA f Italian
Italian feminine form of EDMUND

EDMONDO m Italian
Italian form of EDMUND

EDOARDO m Italian
Italian form of EDWARD

EDVIGE f Italian
Italian form of HEDWIG

EFISIO m Italian
From the Latin byname Ephesius, which originally belonged to a person who was from the city of Ephesus in Ionia... [more]

EGIDIO m Italian
Italian form of Aegidius (see GILES)

ELDA f Italian
Italian form of HILDA

ELENA f Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Russian, Old Slavic
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.

ELEONORA f Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish
Cognate of ELEANOR

ELETTRA f Italian
Italian form of ELECTRA

ELIA m Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch form of ELIJAH

ELIANA (1) f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ÉLIANE

ELIGIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELIGIUS

ELIO m Italian
Italian form of AELIUS or HELIOS

ELISA f German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, English
Short form of ELISABETH

ELISABETTA f Italian
Italian form of ELIZABETH

ELISEO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ELISHA

ELMO m English, German, Italian
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element helm meaning "helmet, protection"... [more]

ELOISA f Italian
Italian form of ELOISE

ELPIDIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ELPIDIUS

EMANUELE m Italian
Italian form of EMMANUEL

EMIDIO m Italian
From the Late Latin name Emygdius, which was possibly a Latinized form of a Gaulish name (of unknown meaning)... [more]

EMILIA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of EMILIANO

EMILIANO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of the Roman cognomen Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMMA f English, French, Italian, Finnish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal"... [more]

ENNIO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Ennius which is of unknown meaning... [more]

ENRICA f Italian
Italian feminine form of HENRY

ENRICO m Italian
Italian form of HENRY... [more]

ENZO m Italian, French
The meaning of this name is uncertain... [more]

ERASMO m Italian
Italian form of ERASMUS

ERCOLE m Italian
Italian form of HERCULES

ERMANNO m Italian
Italian form of HERMAN

ERMELINDA f Italian
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "whole, universal" and linde "soft, tender".

ERMENEGILDO m Italian
Italian form of HERMENEGILDO

ERMETE m Italian
Means "of Hermes", derived from Hermetis, the Latin genitive form of HERMES, the name of the Greek messenger god.

ERMINIA f Italian
Italian feminine form of HERMINIUS

ERMINIO m Italian
Italian form of HERMINIUS

ERNESTA f Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ERNEST

ERNESTO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ERNEST

ERSILIA f Italian
Italian form of HERSILIA

ETTORE m Italian
Italian form of HECTOR

EUFEMIA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Variant of EUPHEMIA

EUGENIA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Feminine form of Eugenius (see EUGENE)... [more]

EUGENIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Eugenius (see EUGENE).

EULALIA f Spanish, Italian, English, Ancient Greek
From a Greek name meaning "to talk well" from ευ "good" and λαλεω (laleo) "to talk"... [more]

EUSEBIO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of EUSEBIUS

EUSTACHIO m Italian
Italian form of Eustachius (see EUSTACE).

EUSTORGIO m Italian
From Eustorgius, the Latin form of the Greek name Ευστοργιος (Eustorgios), which was derived from ευστοργος (eustorgos) meaning "content"... [more]

EVA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [more]

EVARISTO m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of EVARISTUS

EVELINA f English, Italian, Swedish
Latinate form of AVELINE... [more]

EZIO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman cognomen Aetius, which was probably derived from Greek αετος (aetos) "eagle"... [more]

FABIA f Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FABIUS

FABIANA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIANO m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

FABIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of FABIUS

FABIOLA f Italian, Spanish, French, German, Ancient Roman
Diminutive of FABIA... [more]

FABRIZIA f Italian
Italian feminine form of Fabricius (see FABRICE).

FABRIZIO m Italian
Italian form of Fabricius (see FABRICE).

FAUSTA f Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FAUSTUS

FAUSTINA f Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Faustinus (see FAUSTINO).

FAUSTINO m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Faustinus, which was itself derived from the Roman name FAUSTUS... [more]

FAUSTO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of FAUSTUS

FEDELE m Italian
Italian form of FIDEL

FEDERICA f Italian
Italian feminine form of FREDERICK

FEDERICO m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of FREDERICK... [more]

FEDERIGO m Italian
Archaic Italian form of FREDERICK

FELICE m Italian
Italian form of FELIX

FELICIANA f Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Felicianus (see FELICIANO).

FELICIANO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Felicianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name FELIX.

FELÌCITA f Italian
Italian form of FELICITAS (1)... [more]

FERDINANDA f Italian, German
Feminine form of FERDINAND

FERDINANDO m Italian
Italian form of FERDINAND

FERRUCCIO m Italian
Diminutive of Ferro, a medieval nickname meaning "iron" in Italian.

FIAMMETTA f Italian
Derived from Italian fiamma "fire" combined with a diminutive suffix.

FILIBERTO m Italian
Italian form of FILIBERT

FILIPPO m Italian
Italian form of PHILIP

FILOMENA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch form of PHILOMENA

FINA f Italian
Short form of SERAFINA

FIORALBA f Italian
Combination of Italian fiore "flower" and alba "dawn".

FIORELLA f Italian
From Italian fiore "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix.

FIORENZA f Italian
Italian feminine form of Florentius (see FLORENCE).

FIORENZO m Italian
Italian form of Florentius (see FLORENCE).

FIRMINO m Italian
Italian form of FIRMIN

FLAVIA f Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FLAVIUS

FLAVIO m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of FLAVIUS

FLORA f English, German, Italian, Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower"... [more]

FLORIANA f Italian, Ancient Roman
Italian feminine form of FLORIAN

FLORIANO m Italian
Italian form of FLORIAN

FORTUNATA f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of FORTUNATO

FORTUNATO m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Fortunatus meaning "fortunate, blessed, happy"... [more]

FRANCA f Italian
Contracted form of FRANCESCA

FRANCESCA f Italian
Italian feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRANCESCO m Italian
Italian form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS)... [more]

FRANCO (2) m Italian
Contracted form of FRANCESCO

FREDIANO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman name Frigidian, which was derived from Latin frigidus "cold"... [more]

FULGENZIO m Italian
Italian form of Fulgentius (see FULGENCIO).

FULVIA f Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Fulvius (see FULVIO).

FULVIO m Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Fulvius, which was derived from Latin fulvus "yellow, tawny".

GABRIELE (1) m Italian
Italian form of GABRIEL

GABRIELLA f Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish
Feminine form of GABRIEL

GAETANA f Italian
Feminine form of GAETANO

GAETANO m Italian
Italian form of the Latin name Caietanus, which meant "from Caieta"... [more]