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This is a list of names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is Italian; and the starting sequence is d or e or f or g or i or j or k or l or m or n or o or p or q or r or s or x or y or z; and the ending sequence is a or e or i or o or u or y.
gender
usage
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Damiano m Italian
Italian form of Damian.
Daniele m Italian
Italian form of Daniel.
Danilo m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Form of Daniel in various languages.
Dante m Italian
Medieval short form of Durante. The most notable bearer of this name was Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), the Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy.
Dario m Italian, Croatian
Italian form of Darius.
Davide m Italian
Italian form of David.
Demetrio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Demetrius.
Desiderio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Desiderius.
Diego m Spanish, Italian
Spanish name, possibly a shortened form of Santiago. In medieval records Diego was Latinized as Didacus, and it has been suggested that it in fact derives from Greek διδαχή (didache) meaning "teaching". Saint Didacus (or Diego) was a 15th-century Franciscan brother based in Alcalá, Spain.... [more]
Dino m Italian, Croatian
Short form of names ending in dino or tino.
Diodato m Italian
Italian form of Deodatus.
Dionigi m Italian
Italian variant of Dionisio.
Dionisio m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Dionysius.
Domenico m Italian
Italian form of Dominicus (see Dominic). Domenico Veneziano was a Renaissance painter who lived in Florence.
Donatello m Italian
Diminutive of Donato. The Renaissance sculptor Donato di Niccolò di Bette Bardi (1386-1466) was better known as Donatello.
Donato m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
From the Late Latin name Donatus meaning "given". Several early saints had this name. The name was also borne by two Renaissance masters: the sculptor Donato di Niccolo di Bette Bardi (also known as Donatello), and the architect Donato Bramante.
Doriano m Italian
Italian form of Dorian.
Duilio m Italian, Spanish
From the Roman name Duilius, which is possibly derived from Latin duellum "war". This was the name of a Roman consul who defeated the Carthaginians in a naval battle.
Durante m Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin name Durans, which meant "enduring".
Edgardo m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Edgar.
Edmondo m Italian
Italian form of Edmund.
Edoardo m Italian
Italian form of Edward.
Efisio m Italian
From the Latin byname Ephesius, which originally belonged to a person who was from the city of Ephesus in Ionia. This was the name of a saint martyred on Sardinia in the 4th century.
Egidio m Italian
Italian form of Aegidius (see Giles).
Eleuterio m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Eleutherius.
Elia 1 m Italian
Italian form of Elijah.
Eligio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Eligius.
Elio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Aelius. This is also the Italian form of Helios.
Eliseo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Elisha.
Elmo m Italian, English, Finnish, Estonian
Originally a short form of names ending with the Old German element helm meaning "helmet, protection", such as Guglielmo or Anselmo. It is also a derivative of Erasmus, via the old Italian short form Ermo. Saint Elmo, also known as Saint Erasmus, was a 4th-century martyr who is the patron of sailors. Saint Elmo's fire is said to be a sign of his protection.... [more]
Elpidio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Elpidius.
Elvio m Italian
Italian form of Helvius.
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). Saint Emygdius was a 3rd-century bishop and martyr, the patron saint against earthquakes.
Emiliano m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Aemilianus, which was itself derived from the family name Aemilius (see Emil). This was the name of a 6th-century Spanish saint.
Emilio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Aemilius (see Emil).
Enea m Italian
Italian form of Aeneas.
Ennio m Italian
Italian form of the Roman family name Ennius, which is of unknown meaning. Quintus Ennius was an early Roman poet.
Enrico m Italian
Italian form of Heinrich (see Henry). Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) was an Italian physicist who did work on the development of the nuclear bomb.
Enzo m Italian, French
The meaning of this name is uncertain. In some cases it seems to be an old Italian form of Heinz, though in other cases it could be a variant of the Germanic name Anzo. In modern times it is also used as a short form of names ending in enzo, such as Vincenzo or Lorenzo.... [more]
Epifanio m Spanish, Italian
From the Latin name Epiphanius, which was from the Greek name Ἐπιφάνιος (Epiphanios), itself derived from the Greek word ἐπιφάνεια (epiphaneia) meaning "appearance, manifestation". This name was borne by a few early saints. It is associated with the event known in English as the Epiphany (Spanish Epifanía, Italian Epifania, Latin Epiphania), the coming of the three Magi to visit the infant Jesus.
Eraldo m Italian
Variant of Aroldo.
Erasmo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Erasmus.
Ercole m Italian
Italian form of Hercules.
Ermanno m Italian
Italian form of Herman.
Ermenegildo m Italian
Italian form of Hermenegildo.
Ermete m Italian
Derived from Hermetis, the Latin genitive form of Hermes, the name of the Greek messenger god.
Erminio m Italian
Italian form of Herminius.
Ernesto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Ernest.
Ettore m Italian
Italian form of Hector.
Eugenio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Eugenius (see Eugene).
Eusebio m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Eusebius.
Eustachio m Italian
Italian form of Eustachius (see Eustace).
Eustorgio m Italian (Rare)
From Eustorgius, the Latin form of the Greek name Εὐστόργιος (Eustorgios), which was from the word εὔστοργος (eustorgos) meaning "content", a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and στέργω (stergo) meaning "to love, to be content". Saint Eustorgius was a 6th-century bishop of Milan.
Eutimio m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Euthymius.
Evangelista m & f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Means "evangelist, preacher" in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, derived from Latin, ultimately from Greek εὐάγγελος (euangelos) meaning "bringing good news". It is often used in honour of the Four Evangelists (the authors of the gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). It is traditionally masculine, though occasionally given to girls. A famous bearer was the Italian physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), who invented the barometer.
Evaristo m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Evaristus.
Ezio m Italian
Italian form of Aetius.
Fabiano m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Fabianus (see Fabian).
Fabio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Fabius.
Fabrizio m Italian
Italian form of Fabricius (see Fabrice).
Faustino m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of the Roman cognomen Faustinus, which was itself derived from the Roman name Faustus. Faustinus was the name of several early saints.
Fausto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Faustus. This name was borne by the Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi (1919-1960).
Fedele m Italian
Italian form of Fidel.
Federico m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Frederick. Spanish poet Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) and Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) are famous bearers of this name.
Federigo m Italian (Archaic)
Archaic Italian form of Frederick.
Felice m Italian
Italian form of Felix.
Feliciano m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the Roman name Felicianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name Felix. It was borne by a number of early saints, including a 3rd-century bishop of Foligno.
Ferdinando m Italian
Italian form of Ferdinand.
Ferruccio m Italian
Derived from the Late Latin name Ferrutius, a derivative of ferrum meaning "iron, sword". Saint Ferrutius was a 3rd-century martyr with his brother Ferreolus.
Filadelfo m Italian
Italian form of Philadelphos.
Filiberto m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Filibert.
Filippo m Italian
Italian form of Philip.
Fiore f & m Italian
Means "flower" in Italian. It can also be considered an Italian form of the Latin names Flora and Florus.
Fiorenzo m Italian
Italian form of Florentius (see Florence).
Fiorino m Italian
Italian form of Florinus.
Flaminio m Italian
Italian form of Flaminius.
Flaviano m Italian
Italian form of Flavian.
Flavio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Flavius.
Floriano m Italian
Italian form of Florian.
Floro m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Florus.
Fortunato m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Fortunatus meaning "fortunate, blessed, happy". This was the name of several early saints and martyrs.
Francesco m Italian
Italian form of Franciscus (see Francis). Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) was an Italian Renaissance poet, usually known in English as Petrarch.
Francesco Pio m Italian
Combination of Francesco and Pio.
Franco m Italian
Italian form of Frank, also used as a short form of the related name Francesco.
Frediano m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman name Frigidianus, which was derived from Latin frigidus "cold". This was the name of a 6th-century Irish bishop who made a pilgrimage to Rome and settled as a hermit on Mount Pisano.
Fulgenzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Fulgentius (see Fulgencio).
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.
Gaetano m Italian
Italian form of the Latin name Caietanus, which meant "from Caieta". Caieta (now called Gaeta) was a town in ancient Italy, its name deriving either from Καιάδας (Kaiadas), the name of a Greek location where prisoners were executed, or else from Caieta, the name of the nurse of Aeneas. Saint Gaetano was a 16th-century Italian priest who founded the Theatines.
Galeazzo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Galahad.
Galileo m Italian (Rare)
Medieval Italian name derived from Latin galilaeus meaning "Galilean, from Galilee". Galilee is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the New Testament as the site of several of Jesus's miracles. It is derived from the Hebrew root גָּלִיל (galil) meaning "district, roll".... [more]
Gallo m Italian
Italian form of Gallus.
Gaspare m Italian
Italian form of Jasper.
Gasparo m Italian (Rare)
Italian variant form of Jasper.
Gastone m Italian
Italian form of Gaston.
Gavino m Italian
From the Late Latin name Gabinus, which possibly referred to the ancient city of Gabii in central Italy. Saint Gavino was martyred in Sardinia in the 3rd century.
Generoso m Italian, Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Generosus.
Genesio m Italian
Italian form of Genesius.
Gennarino m Italian
Diminutive of Gennaro.
Gennaro m Italian
Italian form of Januarius.
Geraldo m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of Gerald.
Gerardo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Gerard.
Geremia m Italian
Italian form of Jeremiah.
Germano m Italian, Portuguese
Italian and Portuguese form of Germanus.
Gerolamo m Italian
Italian form of Hieronymos (see Jerome).
Gervasio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Gervasius.
Gherardo m Italian (Archaic)
Italian variant of Gerardo.
Giacinto m Italian
Italian form of Hyacinthus.
Giacobbe m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Iacob (see Jacob).
Giacomo m Italian
Italian form of Iacomus (see James). Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was an Italian composer of operas.
Giambattista m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Battista, given in honour of Saint John the Baptist.
Giampaolo m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Paolo.
Giampiero m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Piero.
Giancarlo m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Carlo.
Gianfranco m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Franco.
Gianluca m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Luca 1.
Gianluigi m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Luigi.
Gianmarco m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Marco.
Gianmaria m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Maria.
Gianni m Italian
Italian short form of Giovanni.
Giannino m Italian
Diminutive of Giovanni.
Gianpaolo m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Paolo.
Gianpiero m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Piero.
Gigi f & m French, Italian, Romanian, Georgian
Diminutive of names containing the letters or sound gi, such as French Georgine or Virginie, Italian Luigi, Romanian George and Georgian Giorgi.
Gilberto m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Gilbert.
Gildo m Italian
Masculine form of Gilda.
Gino m Italian
Italian short form of names ending in gino.
Giò m & f Italian
Short form of Giovanni and other names beginning with Gio.
Gioacchino m Italian
Italian form of Joachim.
Gioachino m Italian
Italian form of Joachim. A famous bearer was the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).
Gioele m Italian
Italian form of Joel.
Giona m Italian
Italian form of Jonah.
Gionata m Italian
Italian form of Jonathan.
Giordano m Italian
Italian form of Jordan. A notable bearer was the cosmologist Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), who was burned at the stake by the Inquisition.
Giorgio m Italian
Italian form of George.
Giosuè m Italian
Italian form of Joshua.
Giotto m Italian (Rare)
Possibly from Ambrogiotto, a diminutive of Ambrogio, or Angiolotto, a diminutive of Angiolo. This name was borne by Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337), an Italian painter and architect.
Giovanni m Italian
Italian form of Iohannes (see John). This name has been very common in Italy since the late Middle Ages, as with other equivalents of John in Europe. The Renaissance writer Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), the painter Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) and the painter and sculptor Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) were famous bearers of the name.
Giovannino m Italian
Diminutive of Giovanni.
Giraldo m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish variant of Geraldo.
Girolamo m Italian
Italian form of Hieronymos (see Jerome).
Giuliano m Italian
Italian form of Iulianus (see Julian).
Giulio m Italian
Italian form of Julius.
Giuseppe m Italian
Italian form of Joseph. Two noteworthy bearers were Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), a military leader who united Italy, and Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), a composer of operas.
Giusi f & m Italian
Short form of Giuseppa, Giuseppina or Giuseppe.
Giustino m Italian
Italian form of Justin.
Giusto m Italian
Italian form of Justus.
Glauco m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish (Rare)
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Glaucus.
Goffredo m Italian
Italian form of Godfrey.
Graziano m Italian
Italian form of Gratianus (see Gratian).
Gregorio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Gregorius (see Gregory).
Grimaldo m Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Grimwald.
Gualtiero m Italian
Italian form of Walter.
Guerino m Italian
Italian form of Warin.
Guglielmo m Italian
Italian form of William.
Guido m Italian, German
Latinized form of Wido. Notable bearers include the music theorist Guido d'Arezzo (c. 991-1033), poet Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250-1300), and Baroque painter Guido Reni (1575-1642).
Gustavo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Gustav.
Iacopo m Italian
Italian form of Iacobus (see James).
Igino m Italian
Italian form of Hyginus.
Ignazio m Italian
Italian form of Ignatius.
Ilario m Italian
Italian form of Hilarius.
Innocenzo m Italian
Italian form of Innocentius (see Innocent).
Ippolito m Italian
Italian form of Hippolytos.
Ireneo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Irenaeus.
Isacco m Italian
Italian form of Isaac.
Isaia m Italian, Old Church Slavic
Italian form of Isaiah, as well as the Old Church Slavic form.
Isidoro m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Isidore.
Ismaele m Italian
Italian form of Ishmael.
Italo m Italian
Italian form of Italus.
Ivano m Italian
Italian form of Ivan.
Ivo 1 m German, Dutch, Czech, Italian, Portuguese, Estonian, Latvian, Germanic
Germanic name, originally a short form of names beginning with the element iwa meaning "yew". Alternative theories suggest that it may in fact be derived from a cognate Celtic element. This was the name of saints (who are also commonly known as Saint Yves or Ives), hailing from Cornwall, France, and Brittany.
Jacopo m Italian
Italian form of Iacobus (see James).
Ladislao m Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Vladislav.
Lamberto m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Lambert.
Lando m Italian
Italian form of Lanzo (see Lance).
Lapo m Italian
Diminutive of Jacopo.
Lauro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Laurus (see Laura).
Lazzaro m Italian
Italian form of Lazarus. In the past it was used as an Italian word meaning "leper".
Leandro m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Leander.
Lelio m Italian
Italian form of Laelius (see Laelia).
Leoluca m Italian
Combination of Leone 1 and Luca 1. This was the name of a 9th-century Sicilian saint.
Leonardo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Leonard. A notable bearer was Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), an Italian artist and scientist of the Renaissance. He is known as the inventor of several contraptions, including flying machines, as well as the painter of the Mona Lisa. Another famous bearer was Leonardo Fibonacci, a 13th-century Italian mathematician. A more recent bearer is American actor Leonardo DiCaprio (1974-).
Leone 1 m Italian
Italian form of Leo and Leon.
Leonida m Italian
Italian form of Leonidas.
Leonzio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Leontios.
Leopoldo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Leopold.
Liberato m Italian, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Liberatus.
Liberatore m Italian (Rare)
Means "liberator" in Italian.
Liborio m Italian
Italian (particularly Sicilian) form of Liborius.
Lino 1 m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Galician form of Linus.
Lino 2 m Italian
Short form of Angelino and other names ending in lino.
Livio m Italian
Italian form of Livius.
Lodovico m Italian
Italian form of Ludwig.
Lorenzo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Laurentius (see Laurence 1). Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492), known as the Magnificent, was a ruler of Florence during the Renaissance. He was also a great patron of the arts who employed Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli and other famous artists.
Loreto f & m Spanish, Italian
From the name of a town in Italy, originally called Lauretum in Latin, meaning "laurel grove". Supposedly in the 13th century the house of the Virgin Mary was miraculously carried by angels from Nazareth to the town. In Spain it is a feminine name, from the Marian title Nuestra Señora de Loreto, while in Italy it is mostly masculine.
Lotario m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Lothar.
Luca 1 m Italian, Romanian
Italian and Romanian form of Lucas (see Luke). This name was borne by Luca della Robbia, a Renaissance sculptor from Florence.
Luciano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucianus.
Lucilio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Lucilius.
Lucio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Lucius.
Ludovico m Italian
Italian form of Ludwig.
Luigi m Italian
Italian form of Louis. It has been borne by five prime ministers of Italy since the 19th century. This is also the name of Mario's brother in Nintendo video games (debuting 1983), called ルイージ (Ruīji) in Japanese.
Luigino m Italian
Diminutive of Luigi.
Manfredi m Italian
Southern Italian form of Manfred.
Manfredo m Italian
Italian form of Manfred.
Manlio m Italian
Italian form of Manlius.
Manuele m Italian
Italian variant of Manuel.
Marcellino m Italian
Italian form of Marcellinus.
Marcello m Italian
Italian form of Marcellus.
Marciano m Portuguese, Spanish, Italian (Rare)
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of Marcianus.
Marco m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch
Italian form of Marcus (see Mark). During the Middle Ages this name was common in Venice, where Saint Mark was supposedly buried. A famous bearer was the Venetian explorer Marco Polo, who travelled across Asia to China in the 13th century.
Maria f & m Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Estonian, Corsican, Sardinian, Basque, Armenian, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
Latin form of Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see Mary). Maria is the usual form of the name in many European languages, as well as a secondary form in other languages such as English (where the common spelling is Mary). In some countries, for example Germany, Poland and Italy, Maria is occasionally used as a masculine middle name.... [more]
Mariano m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Marianus. It is sometimes regarded as a masculine form of Maria.
Marino m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Marinus.
Mario m Italian, Spanish, German, Croatian
Italian and Spanish form of Marius. Famous bearers include American racecar driver Mario Andretti (1940-) and Canadian hockey player Mario Lemieux (1965-). It is also borne by a Nintendo video game character, a moustached Italian plumber, who debuted as the playable hero of Donkey Kong in 1981. Spelled マリオ (Mario) in Japanese Katakana, he was reportedly named after Mario Segale (1934-2018), an American businessman who rented a warehouse to Nintendo.
Martino m Italian
Italian form of Martinus (see Martin).
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.
Maurizio m Italian
Italian form of Mauritius (see Maurice).
Mauro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Maurus.
Melchiorre m Italian
Italian form of Melchior.
Mercurio m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Mercury.
Michelangelo m Italian
Combination of Michael and Angelo, referring to the archangel Michael. The Renaissance painter and sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), from Florence, was the man who created such great works of art as the statue of David and the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. This name was also borne by the Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), better known as Caravaggio.
Michele 1 m Italian
Italian form of Michael.
Mirco m Italian
Italian variant of Mirko.
Mirko m Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Italian
From the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world", originally a diminutive of names containing that element.
Modesto m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Modestus.
Moreno m Italian, Spanish
Derived from Italian moro or Spanish moreno meaning "dark-skinned".
Mosè m Italian, Biblical Italian
Italian form of Moses.
Naldo m Italian (Rare)
Short form of names ending in naldo, such as Rinaldo or Arnaldo.
Napoleone m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Napoleon. Besides the French emperor, it was borne by the Italian cardinal Napoleone Orsini (1263-1342) and the writer and politician Napoleone Colajanni (1847-1921).
Narciso m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Narcissus. This is also the word for the narcissus flower in those languages.
Natale m Italian
Masculine form of Natalia.
Natalino m Italian
Diminutive of Natale.
Nazario m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Nazarius.
Nazzareno m Italian
Italian form of the Late Latin Nazarenus, which meant "from Nazareth, Nazarene". Nazareth was the town in Galilee where Jesus lived. According to the New Testament, the phrase Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum meaning "Jesus the Nazarene, king of the Jews", was inscribed on the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.
Nello m Italian
Short form of names ending in nello, such as Brunello or Antonello.
Nereo m Italian, Spanish (Latin American)
Italian and Spanish form of Nereus.
Nerio m Italian
Possibly a variant of Nereo.
Nero 2 m Italian
Short form of Raniero. It also coincides with the Italian word nero meaning "black".
Nestore m Italian (Rare)
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)". A famous bearer was the 3rd-century BC Roman poet Gnaeus Naevius.
Niccolò m Italian
Italian form of Nicholas. Famous bearers include Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), a Florentine political philosopher, and Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), a Genoese composer and violinist.
Nico m Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of Nicholas (or sometimes Nicodemus).
Nicodemo m Italian, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Nicodemus.
Nicola 1 m Italian
Italian form of Nicholas. A notable bearer was the 13th-century sculptor Nicola Pisano.
Nicolao m Italian (Rare)
Italian variant form of Nicholas.
Nicolino m Italian
Italian diminutive of Nicola 1.
Nicolò m Italian
Italian variant form (particularly Sicilian) of Nicholas.
Nilo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Neilos (and also of the Nile River).
Nino 1 m Italian
Short form of Giannino, Antonino and other names ending in nino.
Noè m Italian, Biblical Italian
Italian form of Noah 1.
Norberto m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Norbert.
Nunzio m Italian
Masculine short form of Annunziata. It also coincides with the related Italian word nunzio "messenger" (ultimately from Latin nuntius).
Oddo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Otto.
Odoacre m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Odoacer.
Olindo m Literature, Italian
Used by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso for the lover of Sophronia in his epic poem Jerusalem Delivered (1580). It might be a variant of Olinto, the Italian form of the ancient Greek city Ὄλυνθος (Olynthos) meaning "wild fig".
Oliviero m Italian
Italian form of Oliver.
Onofrio m Italian
Italian form of Onuphrius.
Orazio m Italian
Italian form of Horatius.
Oreste m Italian
Italian form of Orestes.
Orfeo m Italian, Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Orpheus.
Orlando m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Carolingian Cycle
Italian form of Roland, as used in the epic poems Orlando Innamorato (1483) by Matteo Maria Boiardo and the continuation Orlando Furioso (1532) by Ludovico Ariosto. In the poems, Orlando is a knight in Charlemagne's army who battles against the invading Saracens. A character in Shakespeare's play As You Like It (1599) also bears this name, as does a city in Florida.
Oronzo m Italian
Italian form of Orontius.
Orsino m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of the Roman name Ursinus, itself derived from Ursus (see Urs). This is the name of a duke in Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night (1602).
Orso m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Ursus (see Urs).
Osvaldo m Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Oswald.
Otello m Italian
Italian form of Othello. This was the name of an 1887 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on Shakespeare's play.
Ottaviano m Italian
Italian form of Octavianus (see Octavian).
Ottavio m Italian
Italian form of Octavius.
Ottone m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Otto.
Ottorino m Italian
Originally a variant of Ottolino, a diminutive of Ottone.
Ovidio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Ovidius (see Ovid).
Pacifico m Italian
Italian form of Pacificus.
Palmiro m Italian
Means "pilgrim" in Italian. In medieval times it denoted one who had been a pilgrim to Palestine. It is ultimately from the word palma meaning "palm tree", because of the custom of pilgrims to bring palm fronds home with them. The name is sometimes given to a child born on Palm Sunday.
Pancrazio m Italian
Italian form of Pancratius.
Panfilo m Italian
Italian form of Pamphilos. The Italian author Boccaccio used this name in his work The Decameron (1350).
Pantaleone m Italian
Italian form of Pantaleon.
Paolino m Italian
Italian form of Paulinus (see Paulino).
Paolo m Italian
Italian form of Paulus (see Paul). Paolo Uccello and Paolo Veronese were both Italian Renaissance painters.
Paride m Italian
Italian form of Paris 1.
Pasquale m Italian
Italian form of Pascal.
Pasqualino m Italian
Diminutive of Pasquale.
Patrizio m Italian
Italian form of Patricius (see Patrick).
Pellegrino m Italian
Italian form of Peregrinus (see Peregrine).