Hello! I am new in the forum and since I am italian and I live in Italy 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 
My taste is rare, literary, old and mythological names. So the majority of these names will sound super rare also to Italians!
GIRL NAMES
Violante, Dafne, Ermione, Olimpia, Euridice, Antigone, Artemisia, Penelope, Aida, Morgana, Elettra, Lavinia, Demetra, Anita, Leda
BOY NAMES
Vittorio, Tancredi, Dante, Laerte, Enea
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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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