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Acilia f Medieval English, Italian (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Acilius.

Adonia m Dutch, German, Italian, Biblical Swedish
Dutch, German, Italian and Swedish form of 'Adoniyah (see Adonijah) via its hellenized form Adonias.

Agazia f Italian (Archaic)
Italian feminine form of Agazio.

Alagia f Medieval Italian, Italian (Archaic)
Contracted form of Adelagia. The Genoese noblewoman Alàgia dei Fieschi, who Dante praises in his 'Purgatorio' (c.1318), was a niece of Pope Adrian V and the wife of Dante's friend Moroello III Malaspina.

Algisa f Italian
Contracted form of Adalgisa.

Alidea f Italian
Elaboration of Alida and Alide.

Aliria f Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Alirio.

Alisea f Italian (Modern)
Cognate of Alizée (compare Aliséa).

Aloisa f Italian (Archaic), German (Bessarabian)
Variant of Aloisia.

Amasia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Amasio.

Amiata f Sicilian
Variant of Amata.

Àncila f Sicilian
Variant of Àngila.

Andrìa m Sicilian, Sardinian
Sicilian and Sardinian form of Andrea 1.

Àngila f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Angela.

Annina f Romansh, Italian, Sicilian
Diminutive of Anna.

Anrica f Italian (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Enrica.

Antima f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Antimo.

Antina f Italian
Feminine form of Antinoo.

Antrìa m Sicilian
Variant of Andrìa.

Arbina f Sicilian
Variant of Albina.

Ariela f Hebrew, Albanian, Croatian, Italian (Rare), Polish
Hebrew variant of Ariella, Polish feminine form of Ariel, Italian feminine form of Ariele as well as a Croatian and Albanian borrowing of the Italian name.

Arriga f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Arrigo.

Avania f Sicilian

Aviana f Sicilian
Feminine form of Avianus.

Azelia f Italian (Archaic)
Variant of Azeglia.

Babila m Georgian (Archaic), Italian
Georgian and Italian form of Babylas.

Belina f Gascon, Italian
Gascon diminutive of Isabèl. Belina (known as Béline in French, died 1153) was a Roman Catholic virgin martyr who was canonized by Pope Innocent III in 1203... [more]

Biagia f Medieval Italian, Italian
Feminine form of Biagio.

Bilasa f Sicilian
Variant of Biaggia.

Binita f Sicilian
Cognate of Benita.

Brizia f Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Feminine form of Latin Bricius.

Caesia f Ancient Roman, Greek, Italian
Caesia is a Latin word that means "bluish grey" or "light blue.” Caesia also refers to a genus of herbs.

Canzia f Italian
Feminine form of Canzio.

Catina f Sicilian
Variant of Catena.

Cesira f Italian
Of debated origin and meaning. While some scholars connect this name to masculine Cesare, others rather see a link to Cesio... [more]

Chesia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Keziah.

Chicca f Italian
Italian diminutive of Francesca.

Civita f Italian
Means "city, town", taken from the Italian title of the Virgin Mary Madonna della Civita, which refers to a sacred image of the Virgin discovered on Mount Civita by a shepherd whose deaf-muteness was miraculously cured by it... [more]

Clizia f Italian
Italian form of Clytia.

Clodia f Ancient Roman, Italian, Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Clodius and Clodio. This name was borne by one of the Vestal Virgins.

Cosmia f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek (Latinized, Rare), Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare), English (Rare)
Latinized form of the Greek name Κοσμία (Kosmia), which meant "orderly, decent".

Crizia m & f Italian
Italian form of Kritias and Krizia.

Ctonia f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Spanish and Italian form of Chthonia.

Damina f Italian
Truncated form of Adamina.

Danila f Slovene, Sicilian, Hungarian
Feminine form of Danilo.

Delina f English (Rare), Sicilian, Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Romani
English truncated form of Adeline and Sicilian truncated form of Adelina. This name was borne by Delina Filkins, the first person verified to reach the age of 113, in 1928.

Delisa f Italian
Truncated form of Adelisa.

Dinfna f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Dymphna.

Dinora f English, Italian, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese
Variant of Dinorah.

Duccia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Duccio.

Duilia f Italian
Feminine form of Duilio.

Edilia f Spanish (Latin American), Italian (Rare), Louisiana Creole
Of uncertain origin and meaning.

Editta f Italian
Italian form of Edith.

Egesia m Italian
Italian form of Hegesias.

Egidia f Italian, Polish (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Egidio and Polish feminine form of Egidiusz.

Egilda f Italian
Alternative form of Ermenegilda.

Egilia f Italian (Archaic)
Variant of Egidia.

Egisia f Sicilian

Egista f Italian
Italian feminine form of Aigisthos.

Elenia f German (Modern), Italian
Elaboration of Elena influenced by Ilenia.

Elisea f Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Occitan, Corsican
Feminine form of Eliseo and Eliseu.

Eloiza f Russian (Rare), Bulgarian (Rare), Polish, Albanian, Italian (Rare)
Form of Eloise in several languages, also a variant of Polish Heloiza and Italian Eloisa.

Eluisa f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Eloisa.

Emidia f Italian
Feminine form of Emidio.

Errica f Italian (Rare), Greek (Rare)
Italian variant of Enrica.

Errina f Italian (Rare)

Euplia f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Italian (Archaic), English (Archaic)
Feminine form of Euplius, which is the latinized form of the ancient Greek name Eupleios.... [more]

Filena f Italian
Feminine form of Fileno.

Floria f Late Roman, Dutch (Rare), German (Rare), Italian, Spanish, English (Rare), Medieval English, Theatre, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Judeo-French
Feminine form of Florius.... [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.

Fravia f Sicilian
Variant of Flavia.

Gallia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gallo.

Gavina f Italian
Feminine form of Gavino.

Gemima f Italian (Rare), English (Rare), Portuguese (Archaic)
Italian form of Jemima, as well as an English variant.

Gemina f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), English
Italian form of Jemina.

Gerina f Sicilian

Gioela f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Gioele.

Gioina f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Gioia.

Gionna f Italian
Version of Gianna meaning god is gracious

Giosia m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Josiah.

Giunia f Italian, Theatre
Italian form of Junia. It was used for the female lead character in Mozart's opera Lucio Silla (1772).

Giusta f Medieval Italian, Italian, Sardinian
Feminine form of Giusto.

Grania f Italian, Venetian, History (Ecclesiastical)

Griada f Sicilian
Sicilian short form of Margherita.

Guiana f English (Modern), Medieval French, Occitan, Medieval Occitan, Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Derived from Guyenne, an occasional Occitan corruption of Aquitaine. Guiana is also sometimes a spelling for the country of Guyana in South America.

Ianira f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian (Rare), Italian (Swiss, Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Ianeira.

Icaria f Italian
Feminine form of Icaro.

Icilia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Icilio.

Idelma f Italian
Of uncertain origin and meaning.

Idilia f English (Rare, Archaic), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Folklore

Iginia f Italian
Feminine form of Iginio.

Iliana f Italian, Sicilian
Italian variant and Sicilian form of Eliana 1.

Ilizia f Italian
Italian form of Ilithyia.

Ilvana f Sicilian

Imeria f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Imerio, ultimately from Greek Himerios.

Inrica f Sicilian
Sicilian variant of Enrica.

Ipazia f Italian
Italian form of Hypatia.

Irenea f Italian, Corsican, Catalan, Spanish
Italian and Spanish feminine form of Ireneo and Catalan and Corsican feminine form of Ireneu.

Isanna f Italian (Rare)

Iselda f Italian
Italian variant of Isolda.

Isella f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Italian diminutive of Isa 2 as well as a Latin American variant of Isela.

Isetta f Italian
Diminutive of Isa 2.

Isidea f Italian (Rare)
Variant of Iside.

Ivania f Italian
Italian feminine form of both Ivan and Yvain.

Ivetta f Medieval English, Anglo-Norman, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Italian
Diminutive of Iva 3.

Jàjita f Sicilian
Variant of Àjita.

Krizia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Kritias. Maria Mandelli (1925-2015) used the name Krizia both as her pseudonym and for her fashion house,

Lauria f Italian
Elaboration of Laura.

Lessia f Ukrainian (Gallicized), Italian, English
French transcription of Lesya.

Libera f Italian
Feminine forms of Libero.

Licida m Italian (Archaic), Theatre
Italian form of Lycidas. It is chiefly used in the opera libretto L'Olimpiade (1733), which was written by the Italian poet and librettist Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782).

Lietta f Italian
Diminutive of Lia 1.

Linita f Spanish, Italian
Diminutive of Lina 2, sometimes functioning as a double diminutive of names ending in or otherwise containing lina.

Lisena f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Elisabetta.

Lorina f English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Albanian, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Hungarian, Croatian, Romani (Archaic)
Italian elaboration of Lora and variant of Laurina as well as a Scandinavian feminine form of Lorens... [more]

Luccia f Italian
Form of Lucia.

Lucida f Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Lucido.

Maggia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Maggio and thus ultimately derived from Italian maggio "May". This name was occasionally given to children born in the month of May (compare English May).

Malina f Italian
Diminutive of Amalia.

Mallia f Italian

Marida f Italian
Combination of Maria and Ida.

Marila f Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Neapolitan, Friulian

Menica f Italian (Rare)

Mietta f English (Australian, Rare), Italian (Rare), Hungarian
Latinate form of Miette, or perhaps a Latinate diminutive of Mia.

Miluna f Italian (Modern), Venetian
From the Italian words mia luna literally meaning "my moon". According to a Venetian legend the 1600s nobleman Vittore Calergi proposed to his love interest with these words (meant "my sweetness, my dear") and a beautiful diamond later renamed Miluna... [more]

Milvia f Italian, Italian (Swiss)
Variant of Milva.

Mìnica f Sicilian
Short form of Dumìnica.

Mònica f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Monica.

Neemia m Italian, Biblical Italian, Corsican
Italian and Corsican form of Nehemiah via Hellenized form Neemias.

Niceta m Italian
Italian form of Nicetas.

Nicula m Sicilian
Sicilian form of Nicola 1.

Nitana f Italian (Rare, Expatriate)

Nuccia f Italian
Diminutive of Mariuccia or Pinuccia.

Oliana f Italian, Albanian
Feminine form of Uliano and Oliano.

Onelia f Italian (Tuscan), Emilian-Romagnol
Feminine form of Onelio.

Orazia f Sicilian (Rare)
Italian form of Horatia.

Orizia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Orithyia.

Ponzia f Italian
Feminine form of Ponzio.

Porzia f Italian
Italian form of Portia.

Potita f Ancient Roman, Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Potitus.

Quieta f Ancient Roman, Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), English (Rare), German (Swiss, Rare), Caribbean (Rare)
Derived from Latin quietus, -a, -um "quiet". This was the name of a saint.

Remina f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Rema.

Renzia f Italian
Diminutive of Lorenza.

Salvia f Medieval French, English (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Galician (Rare), Italian (Rare)
From the genus name of sage, an herb formerly used as medicine, which comes from Latin salvus "healthy, safe" (related to salvere "to save, to be saved"), referring to the plant's supposed healing properties... [more]

Santia f Italian, English
Diminutive of Santina.

Sascia m & f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Sasha.

Semaia m Italian, Biblical Italian
Italian form of Shemaiah.

Semira f Italian
Short form and diminutive of Semiramide.

Sergia f Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare), Polish (Rare)
Feminine form of Sergio and Sergiusz respectively.

Siella f Italian
" A girl who is as high as a mountain "

Silena f Ancient Greek, Italian, English, German (Swiss, Rare)
Feminine form of Silenus.

Sirvia f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Silvia.

Stelia f Greek (Cypriot), Italian, Portuguese (African)
Feminine form of Stelios.

Talina f Sicilian
Truncated form of Adalina.

Terzia f Italian
Italian form of Tertia.

Tiresa f Corsican, Sicilian
Corsican variant and Sicilian form of Teresa.

Tuccia f Sicilian
Feminine form of Tuccio.

Ultima f Italian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Ultimo.

Umiltà f Italian
Italian form of Humilitas.

Uriela f Hebrew, Italian
Feminine form of Uriel.

Urrica f Sicilian
Sicilian form of Ulrica.

Vanina f Corsican, Italian, French, Literature
Corsican short form of Ghjuvannina. The name was borne by 16th-century Corsican noblewoman Giovannina "Vannina" d'Ornano (also known as "Vanina").... [more]

Verdia f Italian
Shortened form of Verdiana

Vincia f Italian, English (Rare)
The name Vincia is used in the modern Italian language. It's a feminine form of Vincent.

Vitala f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Vitale.

Vivina f Italian (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Italian variant of Wivina.

Zarina f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Tsarina and diminutive of Zara.

Zefira f Italian (Rare)
Variant of Zeffira.

Zennia f Italian
Italian form of Xenia.

Zosima f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Italian
Latinized form of Zosime and Italian feminine form of Zosimo.