We are still searching for the perfect name for our second son, due in [name]August[/name]. Our first son’s name is [name]Luca[/name]. Our last name is very Italian. I’ve not fallen in love with any other Italian names, but because [name]Luca[/name] is widely used across Europe, we’ve expanded our search to names that aren’t strictly Italian names. I’ve been considering the name [name]Nicolai[/name], or [name]Nikolai[/name]. I like the nn [name]Nico[/name], but feel it is too “nickname-ish” to use alone. Thoughts on the name? Too Russian? [name]How[/name] does it sound with [name]Luca[/name]? We really don’t have any other name contenders at the moment. We’ve tossed around the names [name]Leo[/name], [name]Marco[/name] and [name]Dominic[/name]…but just haven’t felt like they are “it”.
SO…
[name]Luca[/name] and [name]Nicolai[/name]?
[name]Luca[/name] and [name]Nico[/name]?
I am at a loss!
I should also add: our last name starts with a “Z” so [name]Nicholas[/name] or any name with an S or X ending runs together with our last name and will not work. For that reason we cannot use [name]Nicolas[/name], [name]Max[/name], [name]Alex[/name]…which are names we really loved
I feel that [name]Nikolai[/name] does not sound like a brother of [name]Luca[/name]
[name]How[/name] about [name]Luca[/name] and (French and Italian names)…
[name]Etienne[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Fabrizio[/name]
[name]Giovanni[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Philippe[/name] (I second this one)
[name]Raymond[/name]
[name]Remy[/name]
[name]Victor[/name] - [name]Vittorio[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name] - [name]Vincenzo[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]
I second the suggestions of [name]Emil[/name], [name]Paolo[/name] and [name]Philippe[/name], both of which sound terrific with [name]Luca[/name] [name]IMO[/name]. Others:
I do like [name]Nikolai[/name], nn [name]Niko[/name] - it’s a pretty cool name! My first ideas was going to be [name]Enzo[/name] but obviously the ‘z’ causes issues with the last name.
Other ideas…
[name]Jago[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Jett[/name]
[name]Emile[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name] (it begins with X though)
[name]Asher[/name]
Vitto
[name]Ivan[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]Dante[/name] ([name]Love[/name] this with [name]Luca[/name]!)
[name]Riley[/name]
[name]Ellis[/name]
[name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]/[name]Evander[/name]
[name]Rocco[/name] ([name]Love[/name] this!)
[name]Roman[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Ricardo[/name]
[name]Santiago[/name]
[name]Drake[/name]
[name]Anthony[/name]
[name]Drake[/name], [name]Dante[/name], [name]Rocco[/name] and [name]Roman[/name] would be my favourites with a brother named [name]Luca[/name]!
I second [name]Arlo[/name] and [name]Dante[/name]
[name]Carlo[/name]
[name]Tino[/name]
[name]Angelo[/name]
[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Otto[/name]
[name]Cesare[/name]- pronunciation shouldn’t be a problem with The Borgias being so popular
[name]Bruno[/name]
[name]Luca[/name] and [name]Paolo[/name] are a very popular comic duo in [name]Italy[/name], so they go really well together for me. The Italian version of [name]Nikolai[/name] is Niccolò, which is a little tricky for the accent, but it’s quite used, even spelled [name]Nicol[/name]ò.
For more Italian names (and their more European variation):
[name]Tommaso[/name] - [name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Marco[/name] - [name]Mark[/name] - [name]Marcus[/name] - [name]Markus[/name] - [name]Marc[/name]
[name]Andrea[/name] - [name]Andreas[/name]
[name]Pietro[/name] - Petur - [name]Peter[/name]
[name]Giovanni[/name] - [name]Johan[/name] - [name]Jan[/name] - [name]Ian[/name]
[name]Francesco[/name] - [name]Francis[/name]
[name]Simone[/name] - [name]Simon[/name]
[name]Davide[/name] - [name]David[/name]
[name]Lorenzo[/name] (but you said no Z, so it’s probably a no-go)
[name]Stefano[/name] - [name]Stefan[/name]
[name]Carlo[/name] - [name]Karl[/name]
[name]Matteo[/name] - [name]Matt[/name] - [name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Mattia[/name] - [name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Michele[/name] - [name]Michael[/name] - [name]Mike[/name]
[name]Alberto[/name] - [name]Albert[/name]
[name]Gabriele[/name] (which could kinda sound like [name]Gabrielle[/name], I know) - [name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name] - [name]Oskar[/name]
[name]Federico[/name] - [name]Frederick[/name] - [name]Frederik[/name]
[name]Alessandro[/name] - [name]Alexander[/name] - [name]Alex[/name] (also, [name]Alessio[/name] as a shorter variant)
[name]Daniele[/name] - [name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Filippo[/name] - [name]Philip[/name] - [name]Felipe[/name]
[name]Giorgio[/name] - [name]Jorge[/name] - [name]Georg[/name]
[name]Claudio[/name] - [name]Claude[/name]
[name]Dario[/name] - [name]Darius[/name]
[name]Elia[/name] - [name]Elijah[/name] - [name]Elias[/name] - [name]Eli[/name]
[name]Fabio[/name] - [name]Fabien[/name]
