Favorite Latin/Italian names?

[geeki.livejournal.com]

DH and I just found out we are pregnant, and we have a very Italian last name. Even my stepkids have Italian first names...

But right now he and I cant agree on anything so I need some other suggestions.

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[depeche810.livejournal.com]

My FH has a very Italian last name too, and I'll be taking his name when we get married. I am definetly thinking of using Italian names as middle names.

Some of my favorite Italian girl names are: Alessandra, Angelina, Caterina, Giada, Gianna

Here's a site with Italian names and meanings: http://www.20000-names.com/female_italian_names.htm

[neroli.livejournal.com]

Behind the Name has a nice selection of Italian names (http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/ita.php)

[mcmommy.livejournal.com]

YAY we are Italian too... we hope to have a girl next and name her Natalia. I also think Sicily would be pretty cute for a girl as well. :)

[geeki.livejournal.com]

I like that name (and my husband LOVES IT) but MY name is "Talia" so I think they are too close.

[lannagayle.livejournal.com]

Icon LOOOOOOOOVE

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

I love Giulia.

[elsh.livejournal.com]

I have a rat named that! :)

[geeki.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I like the Gui and sometimes not...

Like I *love* Guilianna, but I think I prefer Juliette.

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

Actually the "Gui" is in names like Guido, pronounced Gweedo. Giuliana and Giulia etc. are "Giu." Just a little clarification. :-)

[geeki.livejournal.com]

I love Gianna.... I *thought* Victoria would be more English?


Andrea is also on my husbands list, but it's my middle name, and my SIL's first name.

Viviana tho....nice :)

Thanks for the idea's!

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Try Vittoria for an Italian version.

Some of my faves are
Lucia
Gianna
Adriana
Ariana
Alessandra
Viviana
Angelina and Gina
for girls.

For boys I really like
Dario
Carlo
Antonio
Alessandro
Vittorio
Matteo
Giuseppe
Gian-Carlo (a friend of mine!)

[elsh.livejournal.com]

I like these:

Girls:

Emiliana
Camilla
Valentina
Giulia
Giulietta
Isabella
Carla
Arianna
Elisabetta
Luisa
Mariella
Paola
Perla
Renata
Zita


Boys:

Vincenzo
Gaetano
Alberto
Edoardo
Filippo
Gianluca
Gianmarco
Marco
Giuliano
Giuseppe
Lorenzo
Luigi
Matteo
Niccolo
Teodoro
Timoteo

[geeki.livejournal.com]

I like Camilla....it's pretty and older.

Isabella is my stepdaughters name :)

Mariella is VERY close to my niece (Marisella)

I like Guiseppe actually... and Vincenzo. Vincent was on my list.

[elsh.livejournal.com]

One of my best friends is Camilla (she's Swiss-Italian) and she goes by Cami. I love that name. :)

Aw, Isabella and Marisella are cute! It's good to hear of kids having good names!

Good luck with the name choosing!

off the top of my head

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I really like Cinzia
and Fiorella

Re: off the top of my head

[geeki.livejournal.com]

Fiorella is pretty, I wonder what it means

Re: off the top of my head

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Little flower

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I love Italian names. I tend to only really like the girls' names, though:

Alessandra
Anna
Bianca
Emilia
Francesca
Gabriella
Gemma
Gianna
Giovanna
Giacinta
Isabella
Maria

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I forgot Fiorella. :/

[geeki.livejournal.com]

Oh.. Giovanna is so pretty...

My first choice used to be Gianna Sophia for a girl, but my husbands cousin named their daughter last year "Angiovanna" and my BIL (DH's brother) named their daughter Sofia.

Sooo...

Anna is my other SIL... holy cow this sucks. And my stepdaughter is Isabella.... I swear I could pull hair out. Just trying to get a classic latin name that isnt already used in this family...

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Don't have much to add, but just wanted to say that I have a very Italian last name, too. It's incredibly hard to match names to as it ends in an "ee" sound.

[geeki.livejournal.com]

Yeah we end in an "Ahhhh" but we have trilling "R's" and rolling "T's"

:)

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Wow. Haha.

[geeki.livejournal.com]

yeah Perrotta... so it takes out any "P" names as well.

I cant have a Pietro Perrotta running around :) Or Penelope.

So everyone in the family says is like "Perrrrrottttah"

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

I had a teacher in high school whose last name is Perrotta. His cousin is the author by the same last name.

[oh-snitch.livejournal.com]

I love Mateo.

I don't know what you'd consider Luca do be...but I like that too. :]

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

TALIA, how did I miss this?!??!?????

[geeki.livejournal.com]

We havent announced it yet :)

Or I havent on my LJ :)

We are 5-6 weeks along tentative due date of Halloween :)

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

well congratulations!!! i'll be sure to keep my lips zipped ;]