Comments on: Unusual Italian Baby Names

By: Terri

Terri — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:11:40 +0000

Lisa – I see the post is a year old but I was wondering if you had a boy or a girl. My daughter is almost 3 and is Gianna (Gianna Rose)and my nephew born yesterday is Nicco. Small

By: webdesign

webdesign — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:37:01 +0000

Nowadays it is very popular to give old unforgiven names. I live in Russia, and such situation is increasing now. I think is not so bad, but parents should understand that old russian names such AGRIPPINA,EVLAMPIA,FOKA,FOMA can spoil the kids future.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:48:59 +0000

We have some nice italian names in our family. Angelina, Anabella, Josephina, And Bambina just to name a few

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:41:00 +0000

I am 38 weeks pregnant and we have two Italian girl names picked out. If it is a girl, Gianna and if it is a boy, Nico. My husband is Gianni. His family is from Italy, I am second generation. Other Italian family names we have are, Angela, Silvano, Rosario, Rosa, Rosalia, Gisella, Nicoletta, Valentina, Gabriella, Sofia, Ariana,and others that were already mentioned on this site. I also LOVE Stelina and Stella!

By: Isabella DeCarlo

Isabella DeCarlo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:48:47 +0000

im originaly from italy and have a few cute baby names to share. some girls names are: Terrastella(meaning earth and star), Leonella, Rachelle or Rochelle, Monique, Dulcinea, Janelle, and Vestalla. my favorite is Devri-Kierre( a friend of my mothers) and Charrli. i love that boys name Dario in the article by hte way.

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:51:46 +0000

My grandmother’s name was Adaljisa and I am trying to find out more about it. I don’t think it was a common Italian name (especially since there is no “j” in the Italian alphabet.) She lived in a tiny hill town called Villetta Barrea (in the Abruzzi region.) I have been told that her relatives were scandalized when her family gave her that name! Is it Italian or is it of Spanish origin? Why would the name upset her relatives? I can’t find a thing on it.

Denise DeJulio (originally DiGiulio)

By: pippawilson

pippawilson — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:51:16 +0000

Why give a baby an unusual name? traditional names are so nice and help kids feel part of the community instead of a name-freak… anyway I really like Emma, simple, easy to remember and to write and you pronouce it easily in Italian and English. Think about it!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:56:46 +0000

38 1/2 weeks pregnant and my husband and I can’t agree on a name. We have 3 kids now, Nico, Tomasina and Antonio.
I like Santino but, we want our kids to have a traditional saint name and Santino is not listed as a saint. Does anyone know anything about this name….?IT’s origin, nicknames (besides sonny) or does anyone have any other list….of sicilian/italian boy names??? Help..
We don’t have much time…

By: Salvatore

Salvatore — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:47:00 +0000

Here are some unique Sicilian names, usually found in the Palermo area, mostly in Cefalu. These names may also be found in far North Italy aswell, from the Sicilians moving there for job oppurtunity.

Salvatore Mauro
Rocco Giosue
Guerrino Ambrogino
Beppino Agostino
Renato Giuvanettu

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:50:47 +0000

well, for unusual italian names. Im not sure if these are unusual in Italy, but they arent common north american-italian names at all.

These are the names of my aunts.

Laurina (la-ow-ri-na)
Milva (mil-va)
Nita (knee-ta)
Iva (Italian spelling for Eva)