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

GLAUCO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GLAUCUS

GLORIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "glory" in Latin... [more]

GOFFREDO   m   Italian
Italian form of GODFREY

GRAZIA   f   Italian
Means "grace" in Italian.

GRAZIANA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of Gratianus (see GRATIAN).

GRAZIANO   m   Italian
Italian form of Gratianus (see GRATIAN).

GRAZIELLA   f   Italian
Diminutive of GRAZIA

GREGORIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of GREGORY

GUALTIERO   m   Italian
Italian form of WALTER

GUERINO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Germanic name Warin, which was derived from the element war meaning "guard".

GUGLIELMO   m   Italian
Italian form of WILLIAM

GUIDO   m   Italian, German
Latinized form of WIDO... [more]

GUSTAVO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of GUSTAV

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

IGNAZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of IGNATIUS

ILARIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of HILARIUS

ILARIO   m   Italian
Italian form of HILARIUS

ILDA   f   Italian
Italian form of HILDA

IMELDA   f   Italian, Spanish
Derived from the Germanic elements ermen "entire" and hild "battle"... [more]

IMMACOLATA   f   Italian
Italian cognate of INMACULADA

INES   f   Italian
Italian form of INÉS

INNOCENZO   m   Italian
Italian form of Innocentius (see INNOCENT).

IOLANDA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Portuguese and Romanian form of YOLANDA

IPPOLITO   m   Italian
Italian form of HIPPOLYTOS

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene), derived from a word meaning "peace"... [more]

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English, Ancient Germanic
German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal"... [more]

ISA (2)   f   German, Dutch, Italian
Short form of ISABELLA

ISABELLA   f   Italian, Spanish, German, English, Scandinavian, Dutch, Romanian
Latinate form of ISABEL... [more]

ISAIA   m   Italian
Italian form of ISAIAH

ISIDORA   f   Serbian, Spanish, Russian (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ISIDORE... [more]

ISIDORO   m   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of ISIDORE

ISOTTA   f   Italian
Italian form of ISOLDE

ITALA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of ITALUS

ITALIA   f   Italian
From the Italian name of the country of Italy, Italia (see ITALUS).

ITALO   m   Italian
Italian form of ITALUS

JACOPO   m   Italian
Italian form of JACOB (or JAMES).

LADISLAO   m   Italian
Italian form of VLADISLAV

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LAURETTA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of LAURA

LAURO   m   Italian
Italian form of Laurus (see LAURA).

LAZZARO   m   Italian
Italian form of LAZARUS

LEANDRO   m   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of LEANDER

LELIA   f   Italian
Variant of LAELIA

LEONARDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, History
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEONARD... [more]

LEONE (1)   m   Italian
Italian form of LEON

LEONORA   f   Italian
Italian short form of ELEANOR

LEONTINA   f   Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of LEONTIUS

LEONZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of LEONTIOS

LEOPOLDO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LEOPOLD

LETIZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of LETITIA... [more]

LIA (1)   f   Italian, Portuguese, Biblical Latin
Italian and Portuguese form of LEAH

LIA (2)   f   Italian
Short form of ROSALIA

LIANA   f   Italian, Portuguese, English
Short form of ELIANA (1), JULIANA, LILIANA, and other names that end in liana... [more]

LIBERATORE   m   Italian
Means "liberator" in Italian.

LIBORIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of LIBERIUS

LIBORIO   m   Italian
Italian form of LIBERIUS

LIDIA   f   Polish, Italian, Spanish
Polish, Italian and Spanish form of LYDIA

LILIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English
Latinate form of LILLIAN

LINA (2)   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in lina.

LINDA   f   English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LINO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of LINUS

LISA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Italian
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH, ELISABET or ELISABETTA... [more]

LIVIA (1)   f   Italian, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LIVIUS... [more]

LIVIANA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Livianus, which was itself derived from the family name LIVIUS.

LIVIO   m   Italian
Italian form of LIVIUS

LODOVICO   m   Italian
Italian form of LUDWIG

LORA   f   English, Italian
Variant of LAURA... [more]

LOREDANA   f   Italian, Romanian
Created by the French author George Sand for a character in her novel 'Mattea' (1833) and later used by the Italian author Luciano Zuccoli in his novel 'L'amore de Loredana' (1908)... [more]

LORENA (1)   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of LORRAINE

LORENZA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1)).

LORENZO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Laurentius (see LAURENCE (1))... [more]

LORETA   f   Italian
Variant of LORETO

LORETO   f & m   Italian
From the name of a town in Italy, originally called Lauretana in Latin... [more]

LORETTA   f   English, Italian
Either an elaboration of LORA or a variant of LAURETTA... [more]

LORIS   m   Italian
Diminutive of LORENZO

LORITA   f   Italian
Either a diminutive of LORA or a variant of LORETA.

LOTHARIO   m   Italian
Italian form of LOTHAR

LUANA   f   English, Italian
From the movie 'Bird of Paradise' (1932), in which it was borne by the main character, a Polynesian girl.

LUCA (1)   m   Italian, Romanian
Italian and Romanian form of LUKE... [more]

LUCE   f   Italian, French
Italian and French variant of LUCIA... [more]

LUCIA   f   Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]

LUCIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIANUS

LUCIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of LUCIANUS

LUCILLA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Latin diminutive of LUCIA... [more]

LUCIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of LUCIUS

LUCREZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of LUCRETIA

LUDOVICA   f   Italian
Latinate feminine form of LUDWIG

LUDOVICO   m   Italian
Latinate form of LUDWIG

LUIGI   m   Italian
Italian form of LOUIS

LUIGIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of LOUIS

LUIGINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of LUIGIA

LUIGINO   m   Italian
Diminutive of LUIGI

LUISA   f   Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of LUIS

LUISELLA   f   Italian
Diminutive of LUISA

MADDALENA   f   Italian
Italian form of MAGDALENE

MAFALDA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of MATILDA

MANFREDO   m   Italian
Italian form of MANFRED

MANLIO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Manlius, which was possibly derived from Latin mane "morning"... [more]

MARCELLA   f   Italian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARCELLUS

MARCELLINO   m   Italian
Italian form of MARCELLINUS

MARCELLO   m   Italian
Italian form of MARCELLUS

MARCO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARK... [more]

MARGHERITA   f   Italian
Italian form of MARGARET... [more]

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIANGELA   f   Italian
Combination of MARIA and ANGELA

MARIANNA   f   Italian, English, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Combination of MARIA and ANNA... [more]

MARIANO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of MARIANUS... [more]

MARIELLA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of MARIA

MARIETTA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of MARIA

MARILENA   f   Italian
Combination of MARIA and ELENA

MARINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARINELLA   f   Italian
Diminutive of MARINA

MARINO   m   Italian
Italian form of MARINUS

MARIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of MARIUS

MARISA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of MARIA and LUISA.

MARTA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MARTINO   m   Italian
Italian form of Martinus (see MARTIN).

MARZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of MARCIA

MARZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of MARCIUS

MASSIMILIANO   m   Italian
Italian form of MAXIMILIAN

MASSIMO   m   Italian
Italian form of MAXIMUS

MATTEO   m   Italian
Italian form of MATTHEW

MATTIA   m   Italian
Italian form of MATTHIAS

MAURA (1)   f   Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Feminine form of MAURUS

MAURIZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of Mauritius (see MAURICE).

MAURO   m   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of MAURUS

MELANIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Polish, Late Roman
Italian, Spanish an Polish form of MELANIE

MELCHIORRE   m   Italian
Italian form of MELCHIOR

MICAELA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHELA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of MICHAEL

MICHELANGELA   f   Italian
Feminine form of MICHELANGELO

MICHELANGELO   m   Italian
From Italian, meaning "MICHAEL angel", referring to the archangel Michael... [more]

MICHELE   m   Italian
Italian form of MICHAEL

MICHELINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of MICHELE

MILENA   f   Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Polish, Italian
Feminine form of MILAN

MIMI   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of MARIA

MINA (1)   f   English, Italian
Short form of WILHELMINA and other names ending in mina... [more]

MIRABELLA   f   Italian
Latinate form of MIRABELLE

MIRELLA   f   Italian
Italian form of MIREILLE

MODESTO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of MODESTUS

MONICA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Late Roman
Meaning unknown, most likely of North African or Phoenician origin... [more]

NADIA (1)   f   French, English, Italian
Variant of NADYA (1) used in the Western world... [more]

NALDO   m   Italian
Short form of names ending in naldo.

NARCISO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NARCISSUS

NATALE   m   Italian
Masculine form of NATALIA

NATALIA   f   Polish, Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Polish, Italian and Spanish form of NATALIE

NATANAELE   m   Italian
Italian form of NATHANAEL

NAZARIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of the Late Latin name Nazarius, which meant "from Nazareth"... [more]

NAZZARENO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Nazarenus, which meant "from Nazareth"... [more]

NERINA   f   Italian
Feminine form of NERIO

NERIO   m   Italian
Italian form of NEREUS

NERO (2)   m   Italian
Short form of RANIERO

NESTORE   m   Italian
Italian form of NESTOR

NEVIO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Naevius, which was derived from Latin naevus "mole (on the body)"... [more]

NICCOLÒ   m   Italian
Italian form of NICHOLAS... [more]

NICO   m   Italian, Dutch
Italian and Dutch short form of NICHOLAS or NICODEMUS

NICODEMO   m   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of NICODEMUS

NICOLA (1)   m   Italian
Italian form of NICHOLAS

NICOLETTA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of NICOLA (1)

NICOLINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of NICOLA (1)

NICOLÒ   m   Italian
Italian form of NICHOLAS

NICOMEDO   m   Italian
Italian form of NIKOMEDES

NICOSTRATO   m   Italian
Italian form of NIKOSTRATOS

NINA (1)   f   Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Polish, Slovene
Short form of names that end in nina, such as ANTONINA and GIANNINA... [more]

NINO (1)   m   Italian
Short form of GIANNINO, ANTONINO, and other names ending in nino.

NOEMI   f   Italian, Czech, Biblical Latin
Italian and Czech form of NAOMI (1)

NORINA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of NORA

NORMA   f   English, Italian
Created by Felice Romani for the main character in his opera 'Norma' (1831)... [more]

NUNZIA   f   Italian
Either a short form of ANNUNZIATA or else a feminine form of NUNZIO

NUNZIATINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of NUNZIA

NUNZIO   m   Italian
Means "messenger" in Italian.

OFELIA   f   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of OPHELIA

OLIMPIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Form of OLYMPIAS

OLIVIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish
This name was first used in this spelling by William Shakespeare for a character in his comedy 'Twelfth Night' (1602)... [more]

OLIVIERO   m   Italian
Italian form of OLIVER

ORAZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of HORATIUS

ORFEO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of ORPHEUS

ORIA   f   Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Aurea which was derived from Latin aureus "golden"... [more]

ORIANA   f   Italian
Possibly derived from Spanish oro "gold"... [more]

ORLANDA   f   Italian
Feminine form of ORLANDO

ORLANDO   m   Italian
Italian form of ROLAND... [more]

ORNELLA   f   Italian
Created by the Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio for his novel 'La Figlia di Jorio' (1904)... [more]

ORSINA   f   Italian
Feminine form of ORSINO

ORSINO   m   Italian
Italian form of the Roman name Ursinus, itself derived from Ursus (see URS)... [more]

ORSO   m   Italian
Italian form of Ursus (see URS).

ORSOLA   f   Italian
Italian form of URSULA

OSVALDO   m   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of OSWALD

OTTAVIA   f   Italian
Italian form of OCTAVIA

OTTAVIANO   m   Italian
Italian form of Octavianus (see OCTAVIAN).

OTTAVIO   m   Italian
Italian form of OCTAVIUS

OVIDIO   m   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Ovidius (see OVID).

PALMIRA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of PALMIRO

PALMIRO   m   Italian
Means "pilgrim" in Italian... [more]

PANCRAZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of PANCRATIUS

PANFILO   m   Italian
Italian form of PAMPHILOS... [more]

PANTALEONE   m   Italian
Italian form of PANTALEON

PAOLA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of PAUL

PAOLINA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAOLINO   m   Italian
Italian form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAOLO   m   Italian
Italian form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PARIDE   m   Italian
Italian form of PARIS (1)

PASQUALE   m   Italian
Italian form of PASCAL

PASQUALINA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of PASCAL

PASQUALINO   m   Italian
Diminutive of PASQUALE

PATRIZIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

PATRIZIO   m   Italian
Italian form of Patricius (see PATRICK).

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