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I am half Italian and would like to pair an Italian MN with an American FN. Our first choice first name for a girl is Emily. I bolded the my favorites.

Girl;
Emily Eleonora/Elnora Sink
Emily Gabriella Sink
Emily Giada Sink
Emily Isabella Sink
Emily Nicolina Sink
Emily Rosabella Sink
Emily Rosanna Sink
Emily Stefania Sink

As for boys names, I absolutely can't find anything Italian that I like--it all just sounds too,.. different. What do you think?

EDIT: I just saw the name Carla on a list of Italian names, this would be perfect since it just happens to be the grandmother's name. However, I have never heard of Carla being Italian before? Anyone know if that is accurate?

Comments

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Emily Eleonora - depends if you like the alliteration, I personally find it too repetitive
Emily Gabriella - lovely
Emily Giada - it reminds me of Giadiasis, even though it's probably pronounced nothing alike
Emily Isabella - nice, but Gabriella is nicer
Emily Nicolina - this is very pretty also
Emily Rosabella - also lovely
Emily Rosanna - same, it's very nice!
Emily Stefania - this is fine but not as pretty as Gabriella, Nicolina, Rosabella and Rosanna, in my opinion

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Personally, I like Emilia as a first name. I don't like Jade so wouldn't use Giada, and I love Stefania and Rosabella best of the others.

Boys names that were on my shortlist a long time ago: Paolo, Pietro, Ugo, Domenico, Dante, Lauro. All but the last two are usually Anglicized in my family (Paul, Peter, Hugo, Dominic) but the option to use them in Italian form is still there. As for sounding different - you're just going to find that with almost all Italian male names ending in a vowel, and most of them ending in o. There isn't much that won't sound different, but for a middle name does it matter?

[-------1997.livejournal.com]

I forgot about Dante, I LOVE that name. :)

[lacuna.livejournal.com]

I think Emily Rosanna is lovely. That would be my choice.

[boybychemistry.livejournal.com]

I'm italian (living in Italy) and I love Emily Giada! Giada's not one of my favourite names, but it's surely better than Nicolina which is really *not* used in Italy (even if you can say you don't mind, hehe). Emily Rosanna sounds good too!

As for boys names, I don't like any myself :\ Except for Fabio (FAH-bee-o, for those who don't speak italian), Davide, Gioele (sounds like JoEl-a), Giosuè (Jo-su-A) and Mattia (matt-EE-ah). They are obviously the italian versions of Fabian, David, Joel and Joshua... Not sure about Mattia, even though it is similar to Matteo (that is Matthew).
Maybe choosing the american first name for a boy would make choosing a italian MN easier? So that you can try pronouncing the full name and see how it sounds. Have you chosen yet?

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

I like Eleonora, Gabriella and Isabella best with Emily.

For a boy I like Domani or Angelo.

[kthartline.livejournal.com]

I like Emily Rosanna the best. Emily has so many sylables that it sounds too complicated if you put it with a 4 syllable middle name too... JMO

[anapology.livejournal.com]

What about Carmella?
That's close to Carla and definately italian because my friend had the same issue woth her daughter being half English/Italian and they chose Lyra Carmella after her italian grandmother :-)

Can't say I like Emily... number one name argghhhh

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I like Emily Giada or Emily Rosanna. They sound more unique than the others and they're very pretty :)

[qalanjo.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if the name Carla is originally Italian, but I know there are many Italian women named Carla. If you decide on it, I think it will be perfect ; )

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Emily Rosanna is my favourite.

I like the idea, of having an american first name and an italian middle name for a boy.

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

My great-uncles (Italian side of the family) are Antonio and Vincenzo, but they go by Anthony and Vincent. That's always an option.

I really like Gabriella, Isabella and Rosanna. My mother was very close to picking either Gabriella or Isabella for me. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_xasphyxiax_/]

I am in love with Emily Isabella!