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

ILARIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of HILARIUS

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

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

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

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English
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]

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

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).

JOLANDA   f   Slovene, Dutch, Italian
Slovene and Dutch form of YOLANDA

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

LAURETTA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of LAURA

LELIA   f   Italian
Variant of LAELIA

LEONORA   f   Italian
Italian short form of ELEANOR

LEONTINA   f   Italian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Leontinus, which was itself derived from LEONTIUS.

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

LIA (1)   f   Italian, Portuguese
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]

LIBORIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine 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]

LIVIA (1)   f   Italian, Portuguese, 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.

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)).

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]

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

LUANA   f   English, Italian
Combination of LOU and ANA... [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 LUCIAN

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

LUCREZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of LUCRETIA

LUDOVICA   f   Italian
Latinized feminine form of LUDWIG

LUIGIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of LOUIS

LUIGINA   f   Italian
Diminutive of LUIGIA

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

MARCELLA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of MARCELLUS

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

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
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]

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, Greek, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of MARINUS

MARINELLA   f   Italian
Diminutive of MARINA

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]

MARZIA   f   Italian
Italian form of MARCIA

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

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

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

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

MONICA   f   English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
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]

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

NERINA   f   Italian
Feminine form of NERIO

NICOLETTA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of NICOLA (1)

NICOLINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of NICOLA (1)

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

NOELIA   f   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian feminine form of NOEL

NOEMI   f   Italian, Czech
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

OFELIA   f   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of OPHELIA

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

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]

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

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

ORSOLA   f   Italian
Italian form of URSULA

OTTAVIA   f   Italian
Italian form of OCTAVIA

PALMIRA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of PALMIRO

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

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

PASQUALINA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of PASCAL

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

PERLA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish cognate of PEARL

PERLITA   f   Italian, Spanish
Diminutive of PERLA

PETRONILLA   f   Italian
From a Roman name, a feminine diminutive of Petronius (see PETRONA)... [more]

PIA   f   Italian, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of PIUS

PIERA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of PETER

PIERINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of PIETRO

PIETRINA   f   Italian
Feminine diminutive of PIETRO

PINA   f   Italian
Short form of names ending in pina.

PLACIDA   f   Late Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Placidus (see PLACIDO).

QUIRINA   f   Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of QUIRINUS

RACHELE   f   Italian
Italian form of RACHEL

RAFFAELLA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of RAPHAEL

RAIMONDA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of RAYMOND

REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

RENATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of RENATUS

RICCARDA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of RICHARD

RINA (1)   f   English, Italian
Short form of KATHERINA or CATERINA, as well as other names ending in rina.

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

ROBERTA   f   English, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of ROBERT

ROBERTINA   f   Italian, Spanish
Feminine diminutive of ROBERTO

ROMANA   f   Italian, Polish, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Romanus (see ROMAN).

ROMILDA   f   Italian
Means "famous battle" from the Germanic elements hrom "fame" and hild "battle".

ROMOLA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of ROMULUS

ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Latinate form of ROSE... [more]

ROSABELLA   f   Italian
Means "beautiful rose" from Italian rosa "rose" and bella "beautiful".

ROSALBA   f   Italian
Recently created name meaning "white rose" from Latin rosa "rose" and alba "white".

ROSALIA   f   Italian
Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose"... [more]

ROSALINDA   f   Spanish, Italian
Latinate form of ROSALIND

ROSANGELA   f   Italian
Combination of ROSA (1) and ANGELA

ROSANNA   f   Italian, English
Combination of ROSA (1) and ANNA

ROSARIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of ROSARIO

ROSARIO   f & m   Spanish, Italian
Means "rosary", and is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Rosario meaning "Our Lady of the Rosary"... [more]

ROSELLA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSETTA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of ROSA (1)

ROSINA   f   Italian
Italian diminutive of ROSA (1)... [more]

ROSSANA   f   Italian
Italian form of ROXANA

ROSSELLA   f   Italian
Variant of ROSELLA

RUT   f   Swedish, German, Italian, Spanish
Cognate of RUTH

SABINA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "Sabine" in Latin... [more]

SABRINA   f   English, Italian, German
Latinized form of Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn... [more]

SALVATRICE   f   Italian
From Salvatrix, the feminine form of Salvator (see SALVADOR).

SAMANTA   f   Italian
Italian form of SAMANTHA

SAMUELA   f   Italian
Feminine form of SAMUEL

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SANTA   f   Italian
Feminine form of SANTO

SANTUZZA   f   Italian
Diminutive of SANTA

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of SARAH

SAVERIA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of XAVIER

SAVINA   f   Italian
Italian variant of SABINA

SCILLA   f   Italian
Short form of PRISCILLA

SEBASTIANA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of Sebastianus (see SEBASTIAN).

SELVAGGIA   f   Italian
Means "wild" in Italian.

SERAFINA   f   Italian, Polish
Italian and Polish form of SERAPHINA

SERENA   f   English, Italian
From a Late Latin name which was derived from Latin serenus meaning "clear, tranquil, serene"... [more]

SEVERINA   f   Italian, Portuguese, Croatian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Severinus (see SEVERINO).

SILVANA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of SILVANUS

SILVESTRA   f   Italian, Slovene
Feminine form of SILVESTER

SILVIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, English, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Feminine form of Silvius (see SILVIO)... [more]

SIMONA   f   Italian, Czech, Romanian, Slovene
Feminine form of SIMON

SIMONETTA   f   Italian
Diminutive of SIMONA

SOFIA   f   Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA

SONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
Variant of SONYA

STEFANIA   f   Italian, Polish, Romanian
Italian, Polish and Romanian feminine form of STEPHEN

SUSANA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of SUSANNA

SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SVEVA   f   Italian
Meaning unknown, possibly related to the name of the Germanic tribe of the Suebi.

TATIANA   f   Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name Tatius, which is of unknown meaning... [more]

TECLA   f   Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of THEKLA

TEODORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TEOFILA   f   Italian, Polish
Italian and Polish feminine form of THEOPHILUS

TERESA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

TINA   f   English, Italian, Slovene, Dutch
Short form of CHRISTINA, MARTINA, and other names ending in tina... [more]

TIZIANA   f   Italian
Feminine form of TIZIANO

TULLIA   f   Italian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Tullius (see TULLIO).

URBANA   f   Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of URBAN

VALENTINA   f   Italian, Russian, Slovene, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1))... [more]

VALERIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Romanian, German, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of VALERIUS... [more]

VANDA   f   Italian
Form of WANDA

VANNA (1)   f   Italian
Short form of GIOVANNA.

VELIA   f   Italian
From the Roman family name Velius which possibly means "concealed" in Latin.

VERONICA   f   English, Italian, Romanian
Latin form of BERENICE, the spelling influenced by the ecclesiastical Latin phrase vera icon meaning "true image"... [more]

VINCENZA   f   Italian
Italian feminine form of VINCENT

VIOLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Means "violet" in Latin... [more]

VIOLETTA   f   Italian, Russian
Italian and Russian form of VIOLET

VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VITALIA   f   Italian
Feminine form of Vitalis (see VITALE).

VITTORIA   f   Italian
Italian form of VICTORIA (1)

VIVIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Vivianus (see VIVIAN)... [more]

ZITA (1)   f   Italian, German, Czech, Slovak
Means "little girl" in Tuscan Italian... [more]