Freshly minted parents are faced with choosing a name for their baby. Naming is not such a simple matter, especially when the parents have separate opinions on the subject. The decision must be well thought out, as this choice is for life. If you are looking for inspiration for an interesting Italian name, perhaps this compilation will help you. Here is most popular italian male and female names (women's).
Italian feminine names (female)
Some of the most popular female names in Italy are Maria and Francesca (Francis). Below are all most popular italian names for girls. You can also find their Polish equivalents in the table:
Name in Italian | Name in Polish (equivalent) |
Alessa | – |
Alessandra | Alexandra |
Alessia | – |
Alicia | Alicia |
Angelica | Andżelika |
Anna | Anna |
Arianna | Adrianna |
Aurora | – |
Beatrice | Beata |
Bella | Isabella (diminutive) |
Benedetta | Benedict |
Bianca | Bianca |
Bria | – |
Camilla | Kamila |
Carina | Karina |
Carlotta | – |
Caterina | Catherine |
Chiara | Klara |
Domenica | Dominica |
Elena | Helena |
Eleonora | Eleonora |
Elisa | Eiza |
Emma | Emma |
Francesca | Franciscan |
Gabriella | Gabriela |
Gaia | Gaia |
Giada | – |
Ginevra | – |
Gioia | – |
Giorgia | – |
Giulia | Julia |
Greta | Greta |
Ilaria | – |
Ilina | – |
Irene | Irena |
Laura | Laura |
Margherita | – |
Marta | Marta |
Martina | Martyn |
Melissa | – |
Mia | – |
Mirabella | Mirabela |
Miriam | Miriam |
Nicole | Nikola |
Noemi | Noemi |
Rebecca | Rebecca |
Sara | Sara |
Serena | Serena |
Sienna | – |
Sofia | Sophia, Zosia |
Valentina | Valentina |
Viola | Wiola |
Vittoria | Victoria |
Zeta | – |
Italian male names
The TOP 3 popular Italian male names are occupied successively: Francesco (Francis), Antonio (Anthony) and Pietro (Peter). Below is a summary of all the most popular names given to boys in Italy:
Name in Italian | Name in Polish (equivalent) |
Agostino | Augustine |
Alessandro | Alexander (Olek) |
Andrea | Andrew |
Antonio | Anthony |
Bartolomeo | Bartholomew (Bartek) |
Bernardo | Bernard |
Carlo | Charles |
Cristoforo | Krzysztof (Krzysiek) |
Domenico | Dominic |
Filippo | Philip |
Francesco | Francis |
Gabriele | Gabriel |
Giorgio | Jerzy |
Giovanni | Jan |
Giuseppe | Joseph |
Guglielmo | – |
Guido | – |
Iacopo | Jacob (Kuba) |
Leonardo | Leonard |
Lodovico | Ludwig |
Lorenzo | Laurentius, Laurenty, Lawrence |
Luca | Luke |
Luigi | Ludwig |
Marco | Marek |
Martino | Marcin |
Matteo | Matthew |
Mattia | Maciej (Maciek) |
Michele | Michael |
Niccolò | Nicholas |
Piero | Peter |
Riccardo | Richard |
Sandro | – |
Santi | – |
Simone | Simon |
Stefano | Stefan |
Taddeo | Tadeusz |
Tommaso | Thomas (Tom) |