Poll: Italian Names - Behind the Name

Giona (m JOH-nah JONAS)

15%

Primo (m PREE-moh "first" in Italian)

19%

Ferruccio (m fehr-ROO-choh "little iron")

15%

Perla (f PEHR-lah "pearl"in Italian)

33%

Camilla (f kah-MEEL-lah "a youth employed in religious services")

59%

Leonardo (leh-oh-NAHR-doh LEONARD)

52%

Giulio (m JOO-lee.oh JULIUS)

26%

Tommaso (m tohm-MAH-zoh THOMAS)

22%

Franco (m FRAHN-koh FRANK)

22%

Alfonso (m ahl-FOHN-soh)

19%

Carlo (m KAHR-loh CHARLES)

41%

Aurelio (m ah-oo-REH-lee-oh "golden")

37%

Monica (f MOH-nee-kah "nun")

44%

Genserico (m jehn-seh-REE-koh)

4%

Ortensio (m ohr-TEHN-see-oh)

7%

Quadrato (m qwah-DRAH-toh "square" in Italian but meaning "solid, grounded")

4%

Fiorente (m fee-oh-REHN-teh "blooming, flourishing"in Italian)

22%

Pica (f PEE-kah rare name of "madge")

15%

Girolamo (m jee-ROH-lah moh "sacred name" JEROME)

11%

Marcantonio (m mahr-kahn-TOH-nee-oh "big hefty fellow, handsome strapping guy" MARK ANTHONY)

7%

View Poll