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This is a list of names in which the usage is Italian; and the origin is Biblical Hebrew; and the community's impression is strange; and the order is random.
gender
usage
origin
impression
Bartolo m Italian
Italian short form of Bartholomew.
Giambattista m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Battista, given in honour of Saint John the Baptist.
Pino m Italian
Short form of names ending in pino.
Anna Maria f Italian
Combination of Anna and Maria.
Giacomina f Italian
Feminine form of Giacomo.
Marica f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Hungarian, Italian
Diminutive of Marija (Croatian, Serbian and Slovene) or Mária (Hungarian).
Dalila f French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Biblical Latin
Form of Delilah used in the Latin Old Testament, as well as in French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Marilena f Italian, Romanian, Greek
Combination of Maria and Elena.
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]
Noemi f Italian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, German, Biblical Latin
Form of Naomi 1 in several languages.
Giannina f Italian
Diminutive of Giovanna.
Marisa f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese combination of Maria and Luisa.
Gianmaria m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Maria.
Debora f Italian, Dutch, German (Rare)
Italian, Dutch and German form of Deborah.
Annachiara f Italian
Combination of Anna and Chiara.
Emanuela f Italian, Portuguese, Romanian
Italian, Portuguese and Romanian feminine form of Emmanuel.
Carmen f Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, French, Romanian, German
Medieval Spanish form of Carmel, appearing in the devotional title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora del Carmen meaning "Our Lady of Mount Carmel". The spelling has been altered through association with the Latin word carmen meaning "song". This was the name of the main character in George Bizet's opera Carmen (1875).
Gioacchino m Italian
Italian form of Joachim.
Gianluca m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Luca 1.
Giuditta f Italian
Italian form of Judith.
Samuela 1 f Italian
Italian feminine form of Samuel.
Annamaria f Italian
Combination of Anna and Maria.
Maria Chiara f Italian
Combination of Maria and Chiara.
Lapo m Italian
Diminutive of Jacopo.
Simonetta f Italian
Diminutive of Simona.
Michelina f Italian
Feminine diminutive of Michele 1.
Giacomo m Italian
Italian form of Iacomus (see James). Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was an Italian composer of operas.
Ivan m Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, English, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian
Newer form of the Old Church Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see John). This was the name of six Russian rulers, including the 15th-century Ivan III the Great and 16th-century Ivan IV the Terrible, the first tsar of Russia. It was also borne by nine emperors of Bulgaria. Other notable bearers include the Russian author Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883), who wrote Fathers and Sons, and the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), who is best known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.
Giovanna f Italian
Italian form of Iohanna (see Joanna), making it the feminine form of Giovanni.
Marika f Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, Georgian, Italian, German
Diminutive of Maria and other names beginning with Mari.
Miriana f Italian
Italian variant of Miriam.
Peppino m Italian
Diminutive of Giuseppe.
Raffaella f Italian
Italian feminine form of Raphael.
Carmela f Italian, Spanish, Galician
Italian, Spanish and Galician form of Carmel.
Giuseppa f Italian
Feminine form of Giuseppe.
Geremia m Italian
Italian form of Jeremiah.
Raffaello m Italian
Italian form of Raphael.
Gianluigi m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Luigi.
Rosanna f Italian, English
Combination of Rosa 1 and Anna.
Emanuele m Italian
Italian form of Emmanuel.
Gianfranco m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Franco.
Mattea f Italian
Italian feminine form of Matthew.
Ivano m Italian
Italian form of Ivan.
Gian m Italian
Short form of Giovanni.
Abramo m Italian
Italian form of Abraham.
Vanni m Italian
Short form of Giovanni.
Carmelo m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian masculine form of Carmel.
Maria Grazia f Italian
Combination of Maria and Grazia.
Iacopo m Italian
Italian form of Iacobus (see James).
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.
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.
Mariasole f Italian
Combination of Maria and Sole.
Sansone m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Samson.
Carmine m Italian
Italian masculine form of Carmen.
Elsa f German, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English
Short form of Elisabeth, typically used independently. In medieval German tales Elsa von Brabant was the lover of the hero Lohengrin. Her story was expanded by Richard Wagner for his opera Lohengrin (1850). The name had a little spike in popularity after the 2013 release of the animated Disney movie Frozen, which featured a magical princess by this name.
Gioachino m Italian
Italian form of Joachim. A famous bearer was the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868).
Gessica f Italian
Italian variant of Jessica.