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Marziana f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Marziano.

Marziela f Italian (Rare)
Possibly an elaborated form of Marzia.

Matranga m Italian

Matteina f Italian
Diminutive of Mattea.

Maurilia f Italian
Feminine form of Maurilio.

Maxentia f Ancient Roman, German (Swiss, Archaic)
Feminine form of Maxentius.

Mayalena f German

Meinrada f German (Rare)
Feminine form of Meinrad.

Melitina f History (Ecclesiastical), Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Latin American), Catalan (Rare), Italian (Archaic), Estonian (Archaic), Russian (Archaic)
Variant of Melitini.

Melusina f German (Rare, Archaic), English (Rare), Provençal (Rare)
Variant of Melusine. This was the name of Petronilla Melusina von der Schulenburg (1693-1778), an illegitimate daughter of George I of Great Britain.

Mengelsa f Romansh (Rare)
Contraction of Mengia and Elsa.

Merlinda f German (Rare)
Variant of Merlind.

Mesalina f Italian
A variant of Messalina, a Roman empress.

Mikaëlla f French (Rare)
Variant of Mickaëlla.

Mirabela f Romanian, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Latinate and Romanian form of Mirabella.

Mirianna f English (Modern, Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Miriana.

Mirtilla f Italian (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Mirta also similar to the Italian word mirtillo meaning "blueberry". It has been used in the Italian translation of 'Harry Potter' franchise for the character Mirtilla Malcontenta (Moaning Myrtle).

Moderata f Late Roman, Italian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Moderatus. Known bearers of this name include the 4th-century martyr and saint Moderata of Sirmium (which was located in what is nowadays Serbia) and the Venetian writer and poet Moderata Fonte (1555-1592), although it should be noted that in her case, the name is a pseudonym: her real name was Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi.

Muriella f Flemish (Rare), Italian (Rare), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare, Archaic), English (American, Rare)
Variant of Murielle.

Nadeshda f German (Rare)
Variant of Nadeschda.

Natascia f Italian
Italian form of Natasha.

Nathalia f English (American, Modern), French, French (Belgian, Rare), Flemish, Dutch, Dutch (Antillean)
Variant of Nathalie.

Nathanja f Dutch (Modern, Rare), German (Rare)
Variant of Nethaniah used as a feminine name.

Nethanja m German (Archaic)
Form of Nethaniah used in older Bibles, current Bibles use the spelling Netanja.

Nicandra f Italian
Italian feminine form of Greek Nikandros, mainly found in southern Italy.

Nicanora f Spanish (Rare), Italian (Rare), Galician (Rare)
Feminine form of Nicanor and Nicanore.

Nicodema f Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Feminine form of Nicodemus.

Niculina f Romanian, Corsican, Sardinian, Romansh
Romanian, Corsican and Sardinian cognate of Nicolina as well as a Romansh feminine form of Niculin.

Norberta f Polish (Rare), German (Rare), Galician (Rare), Hungarian
Feminine form of Norbert and Norberto.

Normanna f Italian
Feminine form of Normanno.

Oliviera f Italian
Feminine form of Oliver.

Ombelina f Italian (Rare)
Latinate form of Ombeline.

Ombretta f Italian, Literature
Coined as a diminutive of Italian ombra "shade; shadow", this name first came into usage after Antonio Fogazzaro used it for a character in his novel Piccolo mondo antico (The Little World of the Past in English) (1895).

Orchidea f Italian (Rare)
Directly taken from Italian orchidea "orchid".

Orestina f Italian (Rare), Ancient Roman
Italian feminine diminutive of Oreste. It also coincides with the feminine form of Orestinus, a Roman cognomen of the same origin.

Orsolina f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Orsola. See also its latinized form Ursulina and the Italian surname Orsolini... [more]

Ortensia f Italian, Gascon, Aragonese, Piedmontese
Italian, Piedmontese, Gascon and Aragonese form of Hortensia. Ortensia is also the Italian name of the plant Hydrangea.

Ortenzia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Hortensia.

Ortolana f Italian
Italian feminine form of Hortolanus.

Ottiglia f Romansh
Variant of Ottilia.

Panfilia f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Panfilo.

Pantalea f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Pantaleo.

Pascasia f Late Roman, Dutch (Rare), Italian (Archaic), Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Paschasia.

Pasquala f Italian
Feminine form of Pasquale.

Passitea f Italian
Italian form of Pasithea. A known bearer was the Blessed Passitea Crogi (1564-1615), a Cistercian nun of Siena who beat herself with thorns and washed the wounds with vinegar, salt and pepper.

Pauliana f French (Modern, Rare), German (Modern, Rare)

Pazienza f Italian
Means "patience" in Italian.

Perfetta f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Perfectus.

Petrissa f German (Rare), Medieval German
This name started probably as a variant of Beatrice but was later understood as a feminine form to Peter/Petrus... [more]

Phanelia f Italian (Americanized, Rare)

Pieranna f Italian
Combination of Piera and Anna.

Pieretta f Italian, Corsican
Diminutive of Piera.

Pierrina f Italian
The name of a genus of flowering plants, and when used as a name probably a feminine form of Pierre or Piero. This makes it a variant of Pierina, Perrine and Pierrette.

Pinuccia f Italian, Sardinian
Diminutive of Pina ultimately a short form of Giuseppa, Giuseppina or Filippa.

Pitschna f Romansh
Feminine form of Pitschen.

Polidora f Italian
Feminine form of Polidoro.

Pompilia f Ancient Roman, Italian, Romanian (Rare)
Feminine form of Pompilius.

Porfiria f Italian (Archaic), Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Galician, Dutch (Antillean, Archaic), Portuguese (Indian, Archaic)
Italian, Spanish and Galician form of Porphyria (see Porfirio) as well as a variant of Porfíria used in former Portuguese India.

Précilia f French (Rare)
Variant of Precilia.

Precilia f French (Rare)
Variant of Préscillia.

Precylia f French (Rare)
Variant of Préscillia.

Presylia f French (Rare)
Variant of Préscillia.

Preziosa f Italian, Judeo-Spanish
Italian form of Precious, possibly via the Medieval Spanish name Preciosa.

Primetta f Italian (Rare)
Diminutive of Prima.

Prospera f Late Roman, Italian, Portuguese
Feminine form of Prosperus.

Protasia f Late Greek, Dutch (Rare), Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
Feminine form of Protasios (see Protasius).

Prudenza f Italian (Rare)
Means "prudence" in Italian, directly from Latin prudentia.

Quirinia f German (Rare)
Feminine form of Quirinius.

Racharda f German (Rare)

Richarda f Dutch, German
Feminine form of Richard.

Righetta f Romansh (Archaic)
Feminine form of Righet.

Rocchina f Italian
A feminine form to Rocco.

Roderica f Italian
Feminine form of Rodrigo.

Romarica f Italian
Feminine form of Romarico.

Rosalena f German (Archaic, Expatriate)

Rosilena f Theatre, Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Possibly a variant of Roselina. Rosilena ed Oronta (1728) is an opera by Antonio Vivaldi.

Rosolina f Italian
Variant of Rosalia.

Rosuccia f Medieval Italian, Italian (Rare)
Medieval Italian diminutive of Rosa 1, as -uccia is an Italian feminine diminutive suffix.

Rosvilda f Italian (Rare, Archaic)
This name, now extremely rare, comes from the German 'rosen weilt', signifying "wild rose".

Saralisa f German (Modern, Rare)
Contraction of Sara and Lisa.

Saverina f Italian, Sicilian
Diminutive of Saveria.

Servilia f Ancient Roman, Italian
Feminine form of Servilius. A known bearer of this name was Servilia Caepionis (1st century BC), who was the mother of Caesar's assassin Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger.

Sestilia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Sextilia.

Settimia f Italian
Italian form of Septimia.

Shekiera f German (Modern, Rare)
Probably a variant of Shakira.... [more]

Siffreda f Italian
Feminine form of Sigfrido.

Silveria f Italian, Galician
Italian and Galician feminine form of Silverio.

Silviana f Romanian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Provençal, Late Roman
Romanian, Italian, Provençal, Spanish and Portuguese form of Silvianus.

Smeralda f Italian (Rare), Medieval Italian, Albanian
Derived from Albanian smerald and Italian smeraldo "emerald", making it a cognate of Esmeralda. This name was borne by the mother of Botticelli.

Sofronia f Spanish, Italian, Polish
Spanish, Italian, and Polish form of Sophronia.

Sonietta f English (Modern, Rare), Italian (Rare), Literature
Likely a diminutive of Sonia. This name was used by Anthony Burgess for a female character in his novel A Clockwork Orange.

Staschia f Romansh
Romansh short form of Anastasia, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.

Stellina f Italian
Diminutive of Stella 1. In Luigi Pirandello's novel "Il turno" ("The turn"), Stellina is a beautiful young girl who is given in marriage to an old rich Spanish man, though she doesn't want to.

Sterpeta f Italian (Rare)
From an Italian title of the Virgin Mary, Madonna dello Sterpeto, meaning "Our Lady of Sterpeto". Sterpeto means "scrub, scrubland" in Italian, derived from sterpo "dry twig, bramble".

Swetlana f German, Polish (Rare)
German and Polish form of Svetlana.

Sylvanna f English (Rare), French (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Silvana.

Tarcisia f Italian
Feminine form of Tarcisio.

Tarsicia f Late Roman, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Tarsicius. This name was borne by a saint from the 7th century AD.

Tarsilla f Italian
From the Ancient Roman cognomem Tharsilla meaning "one from Tarsus". Tarsus was an historical city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean.

Tarzisia f Romansh
Feminine form of Tarzisi.

Teodosia f Spanish, Galician (Rare), Italian, Romansh, Romanian
Spanish, Galician, Romansh, Romanian and Italian form of Theodosia.

Teofania f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish form of Theophania.

Teonilla f Italian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Italian and Polish form of Theonilla.

Teosebia f Italian (Swiss, Rare, Archaic)
Swiss-Italian form of Theosebia.

Terenzia f Italian (Rare), Italian (Swiss)
Italian form of Terentia.

Teresina f Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), Catalan (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Sardinian, Romansh
Diminutive of Teresa. This name is borne by Argentine senator Teresina Luna.

Tersilla f Italian
Variant of Tarsilla and Terza.

Teutonia f German
From the name for the land of the Teutons. The Teutons (Latin: Teutones, Teutoni) were a Germanic tribe or Celtic people. According to a map by Ptolemy, they originally lived in Jutland. Rather than relating directly to this tribe, the broad term, Teutonic peoples or Teuton in particular, is used now to identify members of a people speaking languages of the Germanic branch of the language family generally, and especially, of people speaking German.

Tomasina f English (Rare), Medieval Italian, Galician, Spanish (Rare), Romansh
Cognate of Thomasina.

Ubaldina f Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, and Italian diminutive of Ubalda.

Umbelina f Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Portuguese and Italian form of Ombeline.

Umiliana f Italian (Rare)
Variant of Humiliana.

Uorschla f Romansh
Romansh form of Ursula, traditionally found in the Engadine valley in southeast Switzerland.

Ursalina f Romansh
Variant of Ursulina.

Ursicina f Italian
Feminine form of Ursicino.

Ursulina f German (Swiss, Rare), Romansh, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare), History (Ecclesiastical), Medieval Latin
Diminutive or extended form of Ursula, as -ina is an Italian feminine diminutive suffix (from Latin -īna meaning "belonging to"). This essentially makes the name a double diminutive of Ursa... [more]

Valerica f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Walherich via the Latinization Valericus.

Venanzia f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Venantia.

Venerina f Italian
Possibly a diminutive of Venere.

Verdiana f Italian, Venetian, Medieval Italian, History (Ecclesiastical)
Contracted form of Veridiana. This was the name of an Italian saint from the 13th century AD.

Vijessna f German
Ijekavian form of Vesna. Borne by Vijessna Ferkic (b. 1987), a German actress of Croatian descent.

Vinfreda f Italian (Rare)
Italian feminine form of Winifrid.

Violanda f Romansh
Variant of Violanta.

Violanta f Italian, Romansh, Sardinian
Italian variant and Romansh form of Violante.

Virgilia f Late Roman, Theatre, Italian, Spanish
Feminine form of Vergilius (see Virgil). This is the name of Coriolanus' wife in Shakespeare's play of the same name.

Vitalina f Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Ancient Roman
Russian, Ukranian, Italian, and Ancient Roman feminine form of Vitale.

Vitellia f Ancient Roman, Theatre, Italian (Archaic)
Feminine form of Vitellius. This was the name of an Ancient Roman noblewoman, daughter of Emperor Vitellius (15-69 AC).... [more]

Walberta f German
Feminine form of Walbert

Walkiria f Italian (Rare)
Rare variant of Valchiria. A notable bearer is Italian partisan Walkiria Terradura (1924-2023).

Wiborada f German
Saint Wiborada is a famous bearer.

Wibranda f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Wibrand.... [more]

Wilhelma f German (Rare), Dutch
German feminine form of Wilhelm.

Wilomena f German (Rare)
Rare— and “American”— variant of Wilhemina

Zefirina f Italian (Rare), Gascon, Provençal
Italian, Gascon and Provençal form of Zéphyrine.

Zypriana f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zyprian.