Italian Submitted Names

Italian names are used in Italy and other Italian-speaking regions such as southern Switzerland. See also about Italian names.
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Ferreola f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ferreolo.
Festo m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Festus.
Fiacrio m Italian
Italian form Fiachra via it's Latinized form Fiacrius.
Fida f Italian
Derived from Latin fidus "faithful, loyal; trusting, confident".
Fidelio m Italian, Spanish, Literature, Theatre
Italian and Spanish form of Fidelius.... [more]
Fidenzia f Italian
Feminine form of Fidenzio.
Fidenzio m Italian
Italian form of Fidentius.
Fidenzo m Italian
Variant of Fidenzio.
Fidirica f Sicilian
Feminine form of Fidiricu.
Fidiricu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Federico.
Filadelfia f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of Philadelphia.
Filandro m Italian, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Philander.
Filarete m Italian
Italian form of Philaretus via Philaretos.
Filareti f & m Greek, Sicilian
Modern Greek transcription of Philarete (feminine) and Sicilian form of Philaretus (masculine).
Filemone m Italian
Italian form of Philemon.
Filena f Italian
Feminine form of Fileno.
Fileno m Italian (Rare)
Of uncertain origin and meaning. Current theories, however, link this name to Classical Greek φιλεῖν (filein) "to love".
Fileo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Phyleus.
Filiberta f Spanish (Mexican), Italian (Rare), Sicilian, Polish (Archaic)
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Filiberto, Sicilian feminine form of Filibertu and Polish feminine form of Filibert.
Filibertu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Filiberto.
Filici m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Felice.
Filicia f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Felicia.
Filiciana f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Feliciana.
Filicianu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Feliciano.
Filicità f Corsican, Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Felicitas.
Filico m Spanish, Italian
Spanish form of Philiscus and Philicus and Italian form of Philicus
Filippeddu m Sicilian
Diminutive of Filippu.
Filippina f Italian, Sicilian, Banat Swabian
Italian and Sicilian feminine form of Filippo and Banatswabian form of Philippina. This is the real name of Italian-Australian singer Tina Arena.
Filippuzzu m Sicilian
Diminutive of Filippu.
Filisco m Italian
Italian form of Philiscus
Fillide f Italian (Rare), Medieval Italian, Greek Mythology (Italianized)
Italian form of Phyllis. This was borne by one of the painter Caravaggio's muses: Italian courtesan Fillide Melandroni (1581-1618). It was also borne by Italian painter Fillide Giorgi Levasti (1883-1966).
Filodemo m Italian
Italian form of Philodemus.
Filolao m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Philolaus.
Filologo m Italian
Italian form of Philologos via Philologus.
Filomela f Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Finnish, Indonesian, Turkish, Portuguese, Breton, Italian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Spanish
Serbian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Finnish, Indonesian, Turkish, Portuguese, Breton, Italian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, and Spanish form of Philomel.
Filomeno m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Philomenus.
Filone m Italian
Italian form of Philon.
Filonilla f Italian (Archaic), Russian (Rare)
Italian and Russian form of Philonilla.
Filopono m Italian
Italian form of Philoponus.
Filosofo m Italian
Italian form of Philosophos via Philosophus it is also the Italian word for philosopher.
Filosseno m Italian
Italian form of Philoxenus.
Filostorgio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Philostorgius.
Filotea f Italian, Hungarian, Polish
Italian, Polish and Hungarian form of Philothea.
Filoteo m Italian
Italian form of Philotheos via its latinized form Philotheus.
Filumena f Neapolitan, Sicilian, Sardinian, Czech (Archaic), Croatian (Archaic)
Sardinian, Sicilian and Neapolitan form of Filomena as well as an obsolete Czech and Croatian variant of Filomena.
Fineas m Romanian, Italian
Romanian and Italian form of Phineas.
Fineo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Phineus.
Fio f English, Irish, Italian
This is a diminutive / nickname for names beginning with Fio like Fiona or Fiorella.
Fiora f Italian (Rare), Corsican, Albanian (Rare)
Derived from Italian and Corsican fiore "flower".
Fiorangela f Italian (Rare)
Apparently a combination of Italian fiore "flower" and Angela.
Fioravante m Italian (Rare), Medieval Italian, Literature
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Floriven, the Old Occitan form of Floovant. This was the name of the eldest son of the king of France in I Reali di Francia by Andrea da Barberino (c... [more]
Fiordalisa f Italian (Rare)
Derived from Italian fiordaliso "cornflower". In heraldry, however, fiordaliso is the Italian term for Fleur-de-lis; as such, Fiordalisa is also an adoption and adaption of French Fleurdelys.
Fiordaliso f & m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Fleurdelys. Fiordaliso is also used as translation of Fleur-de-Lys (de Gondelaurier), character of Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
Fiordiligi f Literature, Italian (Archaic), Theatre
Means "flower of the lily", from Italian fiore di giglio, loan-translation of French fleur de lys. It was used by the poets Boiardo and Ariosto in their 'Orlando' poems (1495 and 1532), where it belongs to the wife of Brandimarte... [more]
Fiorenta f Italian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Fiorente as well as a variant form of Fiorenza, which is the main Italian form of Florentia.... [more]
Fiorente m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Florens as well as a variant form of Fiorenzo, which is the main Italian form of Florentius.
Fiorentina f Italian (Rare)
Italian cognate of Florentina.
Fiorentino m Italian
Italian form of Florentin.
Fioretta f Italian (Rare)
From Italian fiore "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Fiorina f Italian
Feminine form of Fiorino.
Fiorinda f Italian (Rare)
Italian variant of Florinda.
Fiorindo m Italian (Rare)
Italian variant of Florindo.
Firdinandu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Ferdinand.
Firdinannu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Ferdinand.
Firmo m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Portuguese and Spanish form of Firmus and Italian variant of Fermo.
Firrucciu m Sicilian
Diminutive of Firdinandu.
Fiurenza f Corsican, Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Florentia.
Fiurenziu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Florentius.
Fiurenzu m Corsican (Archaic), Sicilian
Corsican and Sicilian form of Florent.
Flaminio m Italian
Italian form of Flaminius.
Fleanzio m Italian, Theatre
Italian form of Fleance. This is the form used in the opera 'Macbeth' premiered in 1847 by Giuseppe Verdi and Francesco Maria Piave.
Flegonte m Italian
Italian form of Phlegon.
Florenza f Italian, Spanish (Archaic)
Italian variant of Fiorenza and Spanish variant of Florencia and/or Florenta.
Florenzo m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Archaic)
Italian variant of Fiorenzo and Spanish variant of Florencio and/or Florente.
Florestano m Italian
Italian form of Florestan.
Florida f Late Roman, Albanian, Italian (Rare), English (American), Spanish (Latin American), Louisiana Creole
Feminine form of Floridus. This is also the name of a state in the United States of America, which was originally named La Florida by the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León (1474-1521)... [more]
Floride f & m French (Rare), French (African), Italian (Rare), Walloon (Rare), American (South, Archaic)
French form of Floridus (for men) and Florida (for women), but the name is most often encountered on women.... [more]
Floridiano m Italian
Italian form of Floridianus.
Floridio m Italian
Italian form of Floridius.
Florido m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Italian and Spanish form of Floridus. This was the name of an Italian saint from the 6th century AD.
Florimondo m Italian (Archaic)
Italian form of Florimund. Also compare Florimond.... [more]
Florinta f Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly simply an elaboration of Flora with the suffix -inta.
Florio m Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Romansh (Archaic)
Italian and Spanish form of Florius. A known bearer of this name was the Uruguayan architect and art critic Florio Parpagnoli (1909-1978).
Foco m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Phokos via its latinized form Phocus.
Folco m Italian
Italian form of Fulk.
Folcuino m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Folcwin.
Fonsie m Italian, Spanish
Diminutive of Alfonso.
Fonzi m Italian
Diminutive of Alfonzo.
Fonzie m Italian (Modern), Popular Culture
Short form of Alfonso this was the name of Henry Winkler's character on "Happy Days" (1974-1984) whose real name was Arthur Fonzarelli aka "The Fonz"
Forella f Italian
Variant of Fiorella.
Formoso m Galician, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Galician, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Formosus.
Foroneo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Phoroneus.
Fosca f Italian, History (Ecclesiastical)
Feminine form of Fosco. Raised in a pagan family, at age 15 Saint Fosca converted to Christianity and was baptized along with her nursemaid, Saint Maura 1... [more]
Fosco m Italian
Italian form of Fuscus.... [more]
Fotina f Albanian (Rare, Archaic), Italian, Russian (Archaic), Greek (Rare)
Albanian, Italian and Russian form of Photine via its latinized form Photina as well as an obsolescent Greek variant of Photine.
Fotino m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Φωτεινός (Photeinos) and Φωτίνος (Photinos) via their latinized form Photinus.
Fozio m Italian
Italian form of Photios via Photius.
Francisca f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Francesca.
Franciscu m Sicilian, Sardinian
Sicilian and Sardinian form of Francis.
Fransesca f Italian
Variant of Francesca
Fravia f Sicilian
Variant of Flavia.
Fravianu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Flavianus.
Fraviu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Flavio.
Fredegonda f Italian
Italian form of Fredegund.
Fredesvida f Italian
Italian form of Frideswide.
Freduccio m Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare)
Medieval Italian diminutive of Fredo, as -uccio is an Italian masculine diminutive suffix.... [more]
Frescobaldo m Italian (Rare, Archaic)
The name is of Germanic origin and formed from the name elements FRISK "fresh" and BALD "bold, brave".
Fridolina f German (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Swedish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), Romansh
Feminine form of Fridolin. This name is borne by Swedish soccer player Fridolina Rolfö (b. 1993).
Frine f Italian, Basque, Catalan
Italian, Basque and Catalan form of Phryne.
Frinico m Italian
Italian form of Phrynichus.
Frisso m Italian
Italian form of Phrixos (see Phrixus).
Fritigerno m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Fritigern.
Frodoberto m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Frodobert.
Frodulfo m Italian
Italian form of Frodulf.
Fromaro m Italian
Italian form of Frumar.
Fromundo m Italian
Italian form of Fromund.
Frontiniano m Italian (Archaic)
Italian form of Frontinianus. A known bearer of this name is Frontiniano of Alba Pompeia, a deacon, martyr and saint from the early 4th century AD.
Frontino m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Frontinus.
Frontone m Italian
Italian form of Fronto.
Fruttuoso m Italian
Italian form of Fructuosus.
Fulberto m Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Fulbert.
Fulcrano m Italian
Italian form of Folcram.
Furiano m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Furianus.
Furino m French (Rare), Italian, Popular Culture
Masculine variant of Furina and Furrina.... [more]
Furio m Italian
Italian form of Furius.
Furseo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Fursey via it's Latinized form Furseus.
Furtunatu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Fortunatus.
Fusca f Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Fuscus. This name was borne by saint Fusca of Ravenna, an Italian child martyr from the 3rd century AD.
Fusciano m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Fuscianus.
Fusco m Italian (Archaic), Spanish
Spanish and archaic Italian forms of Fuscus.
Futura f Italian
Derived from the Italian word futuro meaning "future".
Gabrieli m Sicilian, Sardinian, Georgian
Sicilian and Sardinian form of Gabriel, as well as the Georgian nominative case form of the name. It is only used in Georgian when the name is written stand-alone.
Gabriello m Italian (Archaic), Ligurian
Archaic Italian and Ligurian form of Gabriel. Gabriello Chiabrera (1552 – 1638) was an Italian poet, sometimes called the Italian Pindar.
Gaddo m Italian
Diminutive of Gerardo as well as possible Italian form of Gad.
Gaetanuccio m Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Gaetano, as -uccio is an Italian masculine diminutive suffix.
Gaio m Italian
Italian form of Gaius.
Gaitana f Sicilian
Feminine form of Gaitanu.
Gaitanu m Corsican (Rare), Sardinian, Sicilian
Corsican, Sardinian and Sicilian form of Gaetan.
Gala f Italian, Popular Culture
Diminutive of Galatea. The name was popularized in Italy by Gala (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova; 1894–1982), the wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí.
Galattorio m Italian
Italian form of Galactorius.
Galdino m Italian
Of uncertain origin: either a diminutive of Galdo, or a name of Germanic origin, through French Galdin; it may come from gelt ("value") or walt ("power, ruler").
Galeno m Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of Galen.
Gallia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gallo.
Galliana f Italian
Feminine form of Gallianus, a Late Roman elaboration of Gallus.
Galliano m Italian
Italian form of Gallianus.
Galvano m Italian
Italian form of Gawain.
Gamaliele m Italian
Italian form of Gamaliel.
Gandolfo m Italian
Italian form of Gandulf.
Gangolfo m Italian
Italian form of Gangulf via it's Latinized form Gangulphus.
Gaspara f Italian, Galician (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Gaspare and Galician feminine form of Gaspar.
Gaspari m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Gaspare.
Gastuni m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Gastone.
Gaten m Italian (Anglicized)
Anglicized / Americanized form of Gaetano.
Gaudente f & m Medieval Italian, Italian
Means "joyful, happy" in Italian, from Latin gaudere meaning "to rejoyce".
Gaudenzia f Italian
Italian form of Gaudentia.
Gaudenzio m Italian
Italian form of Gaudentius.
Gauderico m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Walderic via it's Latinized form Gaudericus.
Gaudiosa f Spanish (Philippines), Italian (Archaic)
Spanish and Italian feminine form of Gaudiosus.
Gaudioso m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Gaudiosus.
Gavina f Italian
Feminine form of Gavino.
Gavinu m Corsican, Sicilian, Sardinian
Corsican, Sardinian and Sicilian form of Gabinus.
Gea f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Gaea.
Gebardo m Spanish, Italian
Italian and Spanish form of Gebhard.
Geberico m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Geberic.
Gedeone m Italian
Italian form of Gideon.
Gegè m Italian
Diminutive of Eugenio and Gennaro.
Gelasia f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), Italian (Rare, Archaic, ?)
Spanish and Italian feminine form of Gelasius.
Gelasio m Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Gelasius.
Gelsomino m Italian (Rare)
Masculine form of Gelsomina.
Gelsumina f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Gelsomina.
Gemelli f Manx (Archaic), Italian
Manx and Italian cognate of Gemini.
Gemello m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Gemellus.
Gemiliano m Italian
Italian form of Latin Gemilianus.
Gemima f Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Portuguese (Archaic)
Italian form of Jemima, as well as an English variant.
Geminiana f Italian
Feminine form of Geminiano.
Geminiano m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Geminianus.
Gemino m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Geminus.
Gemmina f Italian (Rare)
Italian diminutive of Gemma.
Gemmino m Italian
Masculine form of Gemma.
Gemmo m Italian
Masculine form of Gemma.
Genesia f Italian
Feminine form of Genesio.
Gennara f Neapolitan
Feminine form of Gennaro.
Genserica f Italian
Feminine form of Genserico.
Genserico m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Geiseric.
Gentilla f Italian (Archaic), Dutch (Rare), Flemish (Rare), English (Archaic)
Italian variant of Gentila as well as the Dutch, English and Flemish feminine form of Gentilis, most likely via its French feminine forms Gentile and/or Gentille... [more]
Genuina f Italian
Truncated form of Ingenuina.
Genziano m Italian
Italian form of Gentian.
Georgietta f English, Italian
Diminuitive of Georgie or Georgia, influenced by names like Georgette.
Geppetto m Italian
Diminutive of Giuseppe. The impoverished woodcarver in "The Adventures of Pinocchio" is the most well-known bearer of this name.
Geppino m Italian
Diminutive of Giuseppe
Gerardina f Italian, Dutch
Italian diminutive of Gerarda, as -ina is an Italian feminine diminutive suffix.... [more]
Gerasimo m Italian
Italian form of Gerasimos via it's Latinized form Gerasimus.
Gerbrando m Italian, Medieval Italian
Italian form of Garibrand via Latinized form Gerbrandus.
Gerlaco m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Gerlach.
Gerlanda f Sicilian
Feminine form of Gerlando.
Gerlando m Italian
Italian form of Gerland. Gerlando di Agrigento is the patron saint of Agrigento in Sicily. Other famous bearers are the painter Gerlando Marsiglia, and the actor Gerlando Buzzanca (AKA Lando Buzzanca)
Germanico m Italian
Italian form of the name Germanicus.
Germanu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Germano.
Gerone m Italian
Italian form of Hieron (see Hiero).
Geronzio m Italian
Italian form of Gerontios via Gerontius.
Geronziu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Geronzio.
Geroteo m Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Archaic)
Italian form of Hierotheus (see Hierotheos) as well as a Spanish variant of Jeroteo.
Gervasa f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Gervasia via masculine Gervasu.
Gesalico m Italian
Italian form of Gesalec.
Gesù m Biblical Italian, Italian, Theology (Italianized)
Italian and Sicilian form of Jesus.
Gesualda f Sicilian
Feminine form of Gesualdo.
Gesualdo m Italian, Medieval Italian
Possibly an Italian form of Giswald, or perhaps derived from a combination of Italian Gesù and the Germanic element walt "rule".
Gesuina f Italian
Feminine form of Gesù.
Getulia f Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Getulius.
Getulio m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Getulius.
Ghino m Italian (Tuscan), Emilian-Romagnol
Short form of names ending in -ghino, such as Arrighino, Ughino and Federighino.
Ghinotto m Italian
Variant of Ghino.
Ghisleno m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Ghislain, used sporadically in central and northern Italy.
Ghisola f Italian (Archaic)
Apparently an Italian form of the Germanic name Gisila, Gisla.
Giacchinu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Gioacchino.
Giachetta f Italian
Feminine version of Giachetto.
Giacintu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Giacinto.
Giacobba f Italian, Sardinian
Feminine form of Giacobbe.
Giacomaccio m Italian
Diminutive of Giacomo.
Giacomedda f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Giacometta.
Giacometta f Italian
Diminutive of Giacoma.
Giacomuzza f Sicilian
Diminutive of Giacoma and Giacuma.
Giaconda f Italian (Anglicized, Expatriate)
Variant of Gioconda. This was used in the movie 8½ Women (1999) for a character played by Natacha Amal.
Giacopo m Italian
Variant of Jacopo.
Giacuma f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Giacoma.
Giacumina f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Giacomina.
Giacuminu m Sicilian
Diminutive of Giacumu.
Giacumu m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Giacomo.
Giaele f Italian
Italian form of Yael.
Giairo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Jair.
Giambettino m Italian
Combination of Gian and Bettino.
Giammarco m Italian
Combination of Gian and Marco.
Giammatteo m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Matteo.
Giana f Italian
Italian feminine form of Giano.
Gianbattista m Italian
Combination of Gianni and Battista, given in honour of Saint John the Baptist. Although it was the most common compound name in the Tratte of office holders in the Florentine Republic from 1282-1532, it's now not as common as Giambattista.
Giancarla f Italian
Feminine form of Giancarlo. This is the name of the daughter of Gian-Carlo Coppola, son of Francis Ford Coppola.
Giandaniele m Italian
Combination of Gian and Daniele.
Giandomenico m Italian
Combination of Gian and Domenico.