Hello! I am new in the forum and since I am italian and I live in [name_f]Italy[/name_f] I am really interested in knowing how italian names are perceived around the world. I will write out my favorite and I would like to hear some opinions 
[name_f]My[/name_f] taste is rare, literary, old and mythological names. So the majority of these names will sound super rare also to Italians!
GIRL NAMES
[name_f]Violante[/name_f], [name_f]Dafne[/name_f], Ermione, [name_f]Olimpia[/name_f], [name_f]Euridice[/name_f], [name_f]Antigone[/name_f], [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Aida[/name_f], [name_f]Morgana[/name_f], [name_f]Elettra[/name_f], [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_f]Demetra[/name_f], [name_f]Anita[/name_f], [name_f]Leda[/name_f]
BOY NAMES
[name_m]Vittorio[/name_m], [name_m]Tancredi[/name_m], [name_m]Dante[/name_m], Laerte, [name_m]Enea[/name_m]
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What an exciting and lovely list!!
I love [name_f]Dafne[/name_f], [name_f]Euridice[/name_f] (so cool!), [name_f]Artemesia[/name_f], [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Elettra[/name_f], [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_f]Leda[/name_f], [name_m]Vittorio[/name_m], Trancredi and Laerte!!
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I like [name_f]Olimpia[/name_f], [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f], [name_f]Aida[/name_f], [name_f]Morgana[/name_f], [name_f]Electra[/name_f] and [name_m]Vittorio[/name_m].
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I love Italian names. To me the names feel very distinctly feminine or masculine. Which probably makes sense.
I like [name_m]Vittorio[/name_m], [name_f]Euridice[/name_f], [name_f]Elettra[/name_f], [name_f]Leda[/name_f], [name_f]Olympia[/name_f] and [name_f]Demetra[/name_f]
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[name_f]Violante[/name_f]: very baroque, but dangerously similar to “violent”.
[name_f]Dafne[/name_f]: very nice. I especially enjoy how it’s the first known opera.
Ermione: also operatic, which I enjoy, but the sound is unattractive.
[name_f]Olimpia[/name_f]: this was the name of my high school physics teacher. It’s ambitious and athletic. I like it.
[name_f]Euridice[/name_f]: compared to the [name_f]English[/name_f] form, [name_f]Eurydice[/name_f], this sounds unattractive. Shame, because her story is one of my favourites in Greek mythology.
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]: love it! Very mournful, but a fantastic namesake.
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]: stunning. [name_u]An[/name_u] all-time favourite. [name_u]Artemis[/name_u] feels so lacklustre in comparison. I love the association with [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] Gentileschi.
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]: very nice. It’s still so strange to me how it shot up in the US! (probably due to [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] Cruz)
[name_f]Aida[/name_f]: so many operatic names on this list! I like it, but I’d spell it [name_f]Aïda[/name_f] so it’s not mispronounced as EYE-da.
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]: I associate with [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] le [name_f]Fay[/name_f]. Villainous.
[name_f]Elettra[/name_f]: unsatisfying. The K does a lot for the name.
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]: a bit forlorn and mournful, less so in Italian. [name_f]Beautiful[/name_f].
[name_f]Demetra[/name_f]: earthy, tired. I like [name_u]Demeter[/name_u] as a character, not so much her name.
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]: dull and dated here. Very Garibaldi.
[name_f]Leda[/name_f]: the “LED” sound reminds me of the [name_u]French[/name_u] laide, meaning “ugly”.
[name_m]Vittorio[/name_m]: very triumphant, not as dour and pale as [name_m]Victor[/name_m].
[name_m]Tancredi[/name_m]: yet another operatic name! Not bad.
[name_m]Dante[/name_m]: great sound, great namesake.
Laerte: militaristic, strong, attractive. Reminds me of Ophelia’s brother. [name_u]Enea[/name_u]: sounds delicate and unfinished when compared with [name_m]Aeneas[/name_m].
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