My husband’s entire family is from [name]Italy[/name]. One name I absolutely love, which we heard a lot of when we were in [name]Florence[/name] on our honeymoon, was [name]Chiara[/name] (pronounced key-are-a).
Some of his family’s female Italian names:
[name]Clementina[/name]
[name]Giuseppina[/name]
[name]Vittoria[/name]
[name]Loretta[/name]
[name]Maria[/name] (I did know someone named “[name]Rhea[/name]”, which is short for [name]Maria[/name])
[name]Arianna[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Carmela[/name]
I love [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Francesca[/name]. You would have been better setting it up as a poll and you could see at a glance which got the most votes.
That’s my name! =D
and yes, I’m Italian.
I like my name too but I wish it was less common to be honest. There are way too many [name]Chiara[/name]'s around, lol
I have to say that many of the names listed in this thread are either not Italian or EXTREMELY rare because I’ve never heard them before.
[name]Alessia[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Gemma[/name]
[name]Italia[/name]
[name]Capri[/name]
[name]Elisabetta[/name]
[name]Cara[/name] [name]Mia[/name]
[name]Carina[/name]
[name]Serafina[/name]
Fiametta
[name]Bella[/name]
[name]Cala[/name](Italian word name I have been considering)
I know that [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Isabel[/name] are incredibly popular, but I [name]LOVE[/name] the name [name]Isabeli[/name]. I also love [name]Valentina[/name].