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

ADELE   f   German, English, Italian, Finnish
Form of ADÈLE

ADELINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, German, Finnish, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinate diminutive of ADELA

ADRIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Feminine form of ADRIAN

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 Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

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
Feminine diminutive of ALBERT

ALBINA   f   Italian, Polish, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of ALBINUS... [more]

ALDA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Ancient Germanic
Feminine form of ALDO

ALESSA   f   Italian
Short form of ALEXA

ALESSANDRA   f   Italian
Italian form of ALEXANDRA

ALESSIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of ALEXIS

ALFONSINA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of ALFONSO

ALFREDA   f   Polish, German, Italian, English
Feminine form of ALFRED

ALICE   f   English, French, Portuguese, Italian
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAIDE)... [more]

ALINA (2)   f   German, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Finnish
Diminutive of ADELINA and names that end in alina.

ALLEGRA   f   English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Means "cheerful, lively" in Italian... [more]

AMALIA   f   Dutch, German, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amala, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".

AMANDA   f   English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Scandinavian, Dutch, German, Finnish, Late Roman
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS... [more]

AMARANTA   f   Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of AMARANTHA

AMBRA   f   Italian
Italian cognate of AMBER

AMEDEA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of AMADEUS

AMELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin... [more]

ANDREINA   f   Italian
Feminine form of ANDREA (1)

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELICA   f   English, Italian, Romanian, Literature
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger"... [more]

ANGELINA   f   Italian, English, Russian, German, Polish
Latinate diminutive of ANGELA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [more]

ANNABELLA   f   Italian, English (Modern)
Latinate form of ANNABEL... [more]

ANNALISA   f   Italian
Combination of ANNA and LISA

ANNETTA   f   Italian
Latinate diminutive of ANNA

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 the Virgin Mary of the imminent birth of Jesus.

ANSELMA   f   German, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ANSELM

ANTONELLA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIA   f   Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIETTA   f   Spanish, Italian
Diminutive of ANTONIA

ANTONINA   f   Italian, Polish, Russian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO).

ARIANNA   f   Italian
Italian form of ARIADNE

ARMIDA   f   Italian, Spanish
Probably created by the 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580)... [more]

ASSUNTA   f   Italian
Italian cognate of ASUNCIÓN

AUGUSTA   f   German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS... [more]

AURELIA   f   Ancient Roman, Italian, Romanian, Polish
Feminine form of AURELIUS

AURORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Means "dawn" in Latin... [more]

AZZURRA   f   Italian
Means "azure, sky blue" in Italian.

BARBARA   f   English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene, Late Roman
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BEATRICE   f   Italian, English
Italian form of BEATRIX... [more]

BENEDETTA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of BENEDICT

BENIGNA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Late Roman
Feminine form of BENIGNO

BERENICE   f   English, Italian, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ancient 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

BERTA   f   Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Italian, Slovene
Form of BERTHA

BETTINA (2)   f   Italian
Diminutive of BENEDETTA

BIANCA   f   Italian, Romanian
Italian cognate of BLANCHE... [more]

BIBIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Possibly an early variant of VIVIANA... [more]

BICE   f   Italian
Short form of BEATRICE

BRIGIDA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of BRIDGET

BRUNA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of BRUNO

BRUNELLA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of BRUNO

BRUNILDA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of BRUNHILD

CALOGERA   f   Italian
Feminine form of CALOGERO

CAMILLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of CAMILLUS... [more]

CARLA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, English, German, Dutch
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL

CARLOTTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CARLA

CARMELA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of CARMEL

CARMINA   f   Italian, Spanish
Variant of CARMEN

CAROLA   f   Italian, German
Feminine form of CAROLUS

CAROLINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS... [more]

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, Dutch, German
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind"... [more]

CELESTE   f & m   Italian, English
Italian feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS... [more]

CELESTINA   f   Spanish, Italian
Latinate feminine form of CAELESTINUS

CELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of the Roman family name CAELIUS... [more]

CESARINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of CESARE

CHIARA   f   Italian
Italian form of CLARA... [more]

CHIARINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CHIARA

CINZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of CYNTHIA

CLARA   f   Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, English, Late Roman
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous"... [more]

CLARETTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CLARA

CLARISSA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese
Latinate form of CLARICE

CLAUDIA   f   English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CLAUDIUS... [more]

CLELIA   f   Italian
Meaning unknown, from the Roman name Cloelia... [more]

CLEMENTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of CLEMENT

CLIO   f   Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian
Latinized form of KLEIO

COLOMBA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of COLUMBA

COLOMBINA   f   Italian
Italian feminine diminutive of COLUMBA... [more]

CONCETTA   f   Italian
Italian cognate of CONCEPCIÓN

CONCETTINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CONCETTA

CONSOLATA   f   Italian
Means "consolation" in Italian... [more]

CORNELIA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of CORNELIUS... [more]

COSIMA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of COSIMO

CRISTIANA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of CHRISTINA

CRISTINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of CHRISTINA

CROCETTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of CROCIFISSA

CROCIFISSA   f   Italian
Means "crucifix" in Italian.

DAFNE   f   Italian
Italian form of DAPHNE

DAMIANA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of DAMIAN

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

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

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]

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

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]

DOMENICA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of DOMINIC

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

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

EDDA   f   Italian
Italian form of HEDDA

EDMONDA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of EDMUND

EDVIGE   f   Italian
Italian form of HEDWIG

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

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

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

ELISABETTA   f   Italian
Italian form of ELIZABETH

ELOISA   f   Italian
Italian form of ELOISE

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

EMILIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of EMILIANO

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]

ENRICA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of HENRY

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

ERMINIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of HERMINIUS

ERNESTA   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ERNEST

ERSILIA   f   Italian
Italian form of HERSILIA

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]

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

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

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

FABIA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of FABIUS

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

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

FABRIZIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine 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).

FEDERICA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of FREDERICK

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

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

FERDINANDA   f   Italian, German
Feminine form of FERDINAND

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

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).

FLAVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine 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

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

FRANCA   f   Italian
Contracted form of FRANCESCA

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

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

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

GAETANA   f   Italian
Feminine form of GAETANO

GAIA   f   Greek Mythology, Italian
Means "earth" in Greek... [more]

GELTRUDE   f   Italian
Italian form of GERTRUDE

GEMMA   f   Italian, English (British)
Medieval Italian nickname meaning "gem, precious stone"... [more]

GENOVEFFA   f   Italian
Italian form of GENEVIÈVE

GIA   f   Italian
Diminutive of GIANNA

GIACHETTA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of GIACOMO

GIACINTA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of HYACINTHUS

GIADA   f   Italian
Italian form of JADE

GIANNA   f   Italian
Short form of GIOVANNA

GIANNINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of GIOVANNA

GILDA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Originally an Italian short form of names containing the Germanic element gild meaning "sacrifice".

GINA   f   Italian, English, Scandinavian
Short form of GEORGINA, REGINA, LUIGINA, and other names ending in gina... [more]

GINEVRA   f   Italian
Italian form of GUINEVERE... [more]

GIOCONDA   f   Italian
From the Late Latin name Iucunda which meant "happy".

GIOIA   f   Italian
Means "joy" in Italian.

GIORGIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of GEORGE

GIORGINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of GIORGIA

GIOSETTA   f   Italian
Perhaps an Italian form of JOSETTE

GIOVANNA   f   Italian
Feminine form of GIOVANNI

GIOVANNETTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of GIOVANNA

GISELLA   f   Italian
Italian form of GISELLE

GIUDITTA   f   Italian
Italian form of JUDITH

GIULIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of JULIUS

GIULIANA   f   Italian
Feminine form of GIULIANO

GIULIETTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of GIULIA

GIUSEPPA   f   Italian
Feminine form of GIUSEPPE

GIUSEPPINA   f   Italian
Feminine form of GIUSEPPE

GIUSTINA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of JUSTIN

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

GRAZIA   f   Italian
Means "grace" in Italian.

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

GRAZIELLA   f   Italian
Diminutive of GRAZIA

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