hello nameberry! this is my first time posting so idk how this exactly works but i have a friend who’s looking for a name for her little boy. he‘s actually due this week but they’re still not sure what to name him 
giovanni, luka, and basically all other italian names ending with ‘o’ has been vetoed. any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated! tyia 
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It does seem that most Italian boy names end in -o, doesn’t it? Is that ending totally off limits?
How about [name_m]Dante[/name_m], [name_u]Armani[/name_u], [name_m]Clemente[/name_m], [name_m]Giuseppe[/name_m], [name_u]Gianni[/name_u], [name_m]Rafael[/name_m]?
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[name_u]Gabriele[/name_u]
[name_u]Mattia[/name_u]
[name_u]Elia[/name_u]
[name_m]Manuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
Abele
[name_m]Dante[/name_m]
Alvise
[name_m]Aronne[/name_m]
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[name_u]Luka[/name_u] with a K isn’t used in [name_f]Italy[/name_f] anyway!
[name_m]Cesare[/name_m]
[name_m]Dante[/name_m]
[name_u]Gianni[/name_u]
[name_m]Manuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Ruben[/name_m]
[name_m]Valente[/name_m]
[name_m]Valter[/name_m]
[name_u]Walter[/name_u]
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thank you all so much!! 🫶🏾
italian names not ending in o…
oscar
dante
enea
nicola
emanuele
gioele
ruben
tobia
elia
giona
ermes
tancredi
gabriele
mattia
efrem
raffaele
daniele
andrea
samuele
manfredi
cesare
these names don’t feel too old in italy (some are more vintage, but on the right point i would not recommend giuseppe or salvatore, they just feel very… grandpa-ish?) i don’t know how they are perceived in other countries though.
the following names aren’t really italian but used in italy and are part of the italian onomastics now:
christian
daniel
samuel
walter
manuel
ivan
alex / alexander (?)