My husband and I are currently trying to conceive our first baby. My husband is of Italian background and we’re considering using Italian names for our children, but I really need to expand my list! Some Italian girls names I really love are:
I’m fond of:
[name_f]Rosalba[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiorella[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelica[/name_f]
[name_f]Livia[/name_f] (oddly, I love [name_f]Livia[/name_f] more than [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]…)
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Rafaela[/name_f]
They’re all gorgeous! I have a little fantasy about naming a girl [name_f]Ava[/name_f] [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f] [name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f] [name_f]Rafaela[/name_f] [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] surname. Too much?
I used all Italian/Latin names for my daughters for my grandfather’s full blooded Italian heritage, since I gave my firstborn son an Irish name after my grandmother’s heritage. [name_f]Ava[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Gemma[/name_f]. I still love [name_u]Roma[/name_u], but I’ve been really in love with [name_f]Stella[/name_f] lately. [name_f]Bella[/name_f] is another favorite…[name_f]Bella[/name_f] [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] would be quite gorgeous.
Thanks for the input, guys. I’m particularly loving: [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f], [name_f]Angelica[/name_f], [name_f]Rafaela[/name_f], [name_f]Valentina[/name_f] and [name_f]Violetta[/name_f].
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]-[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]…it was the name of an extremely minor Italian character in one episode of [name_m]Little[/name_m] House on the [name_u]Prairie[/name_u]. I adore it. It sounds goofy with my very English last name, so I would love to see someone else use it. I also saw you mention [name_f]Mattea[/name_f] once, and I have to say, I had never heard that name before but it stuck with me because it is so particularly beautiful. Is it pronounced ma-[name_u]TAY[/name_u]-uh? That one gets my vote!
Thanks, Alzora! Yeah, [name_f]Mattea[/name_f] has been on my list before. I came across that name when reading a newspaper article about [name_m]Andrew[/name_m] Demetriou, head of the Australian Football League, and his beautifully named children: [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f], [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], [name_f]Mattea[/name_f] and [name_u]Sacha[/name_u] (boy). I wish I knew their middle names, too, but don’t know how to find them out!
My favorite Italian names are [name_f]Fiammetta[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f] and [name_f]Elisaveta[/name_f]. I also love [name_f]Serafina[/name_f] and [name_f]Rafaela[/name_f], but prefer different spellings.