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Italian names

Names of Italian origin. This page brings those names together so you can compare popularity, open individual name profiles and find names with the same background.

Name lists

Italian first names

These lists are ordered by total births, so names with long, steady use usually appear above newer or rarer choices.

Female names

Italian female names

Open a name to see its meaning, popularity over time, latest rank and regional spread.

  1. 1 Sofia 29,136
  2. 2 Lucia 6,454
  3. 3 Pippa 6,346
  4. 4 Beatrix 4,317
  5. 5 Liliana 4,270
  6. 6 Flora 3,499
  7. 7 Rosalie 2,255
  8. 8 Bianca 2,044
  9. 9 Tessa 1,728
  10. 10 Adriana 1,576
  11. 11 Octavia 1,243
  12. 12 Luisa 1,032
  13. 13 Giulia 983
  14. 14 Gia 947
  15. 15 Pia 831
  16. 16 Mariella 769
  17. 17 Ceri 721
  18. 18 Gina 695
  19. 19 Alessandra 614
  20. 20 Luciana 593
  21. 21 Bianka 558
  22. 22 Cristina 527
  23. 23 Caprice 487
  24. 24 Donna 445
  25. 25 Teodora 441
  26. 26 Eleonora 413
  27. 27 Fia 359
  28. 28 Belinda 354
  29. 29 Mea 284
  30. 30 Italia 269
  31. 31 Regina 256
  32. 32 Melita 242
  33. 33 Zola 234
  34. 34 Caterina 231
  35. 35 Esta 165
  36. 36 Ciana 153
  37. 37 Donya 147
  38. 38 Paola 139
  39. 39 Lucianna 127
  40. 40 Blanca 125
  41. 41 Ysabelle 93
  42. 42 Giana 92
  43. 43 Giuliana 90
  44. 44 Florentina 89
  45. 45 Elisabetta 89
  46. 46 Fabiana 87
  47. 47 Margherita 85
  48. 48 Bambi 84
  49. 49 Fausta 81
  50. 50 Lucrezia 46
  51. 51 Dona 45
  52. 52 Abrielle 44
  53. 53 Verona 43
  54. 54 Cira 42
  55. 55 Monalisa 37
  56. 56 Elenora 37
  57. 57 Abrianna 35
  58. 58 Letizia 35
  59. 59 Constantina 34
  60. 60 Pietra 28
  61. 61 Elenore 23
  62. 62 Ottavia 22
  63. 63 Liona 21
  64. 64 Antonietta 18
  65. 65 Cinzia 14
  66. 66 Alegra 13
  67. 67 Benedetta 12
  68. 68 Terra 12
  69. 69 Donna-Marie 12
  70. 70 Gessica 10
  71. 71 Constanza 10
  72. 72 Amalea 7
  73. 73 Constantia 6
  74. 74 Giovana 6
  75. 75 Marea 6
  76. 76 Trilby 6
  77. 77 Nicci 4
  78. 78 Ghita 4
  79. 79 Sidonia 3
  80. 80 Gavriella 3
  81. 81 Carita 3
  82. 82 Donata 3
  83. 83 Lucilla 3
  84. 84 Grazia 3
  85. 85 Giordana 3
  86. 86 Abriana 3
  87. 87 Concetta 3

Male names

Italian male names

Open a name to compare its birth count, rank history, meaning and similar names.

  1. 1 Rupert 7,486
  2. 2 Leonardo 6,821
  3. 3 Enzo 4,308
  4. 4 Lorenzo 4,195
  5. 5 Matteo 3,496
  6. 6 Marco 2,518
  7. 7 Dante 2,200
  8. 8 Mario 1,565
  9. 9 Emilio 1,250
  10. 10 Francesco 1,102
  11. 11 Lucca 1,010
  12. 12 Santino 901
  13. 13 Valentino 883
  14. 14 Fabio 775
  15. 15 Giorgio 656
  16. 16 Roberto 599
  17. 17 Vincenzo 587
  18. 18 Luciano 538
  19. 19 Massimo 532
  20. 20 Federico 452
  21. 21 Paolo 432
  22. 22 Giuseppe 419
  23. 23 Renzo 395
  24. 24 Sergio 330
  25. 25 Tommaso 299
  26. 26 Edoardo 281
  27. 27 Kajetan 280
  28. 28 Horatio 260
  29. 29 Adriano 233
  30. 30 Marcell 227
  31. 31 Salvatore 225
  32. 32 Davide 202
  33. 33 Nicolo 197
  34. 34 Ricco 196
  35. 35 Armando 196
  36. 36 Gustavo 195
  37. 37 Giulio 187
  38. 38 Maximo 182
  39. 39 Ludo 181
  40. 40 Marcelo 165
  41. 41 Benito 159
  42. 42 Montel 159
  43. 43 Lucio 148
  44. 44 Georgio 143
  45. 45 Niccolo 140
  46. 46 Emiliano 133
  47. 47 Maximiliano 130
  48. 48 Romano 120
  49. 49 Flavio 120
  50. 50 Vittorio 106
  51. 51 Ignacio 91
  52. 52 Sandro 88
  53. 53 Tino 69
  54. 54 Giancarlo 59
  55. 55 Giovani 58
  56. 56 Antonino 55
  57. 57 Teodoro 48
  58. 58 Michelangelo 44
  59. 59 Valerio 43
  60. 60 Dantae 43
  61. 61 Martino 42
  62. 62 Amadeo 36
  63. 63 Mauro 33
  64. 64 Raffaello 30
  65. 65 Giuliano 30
  66. 66 Tito 28
  67. 67 Gregorio 25
  68. 68 Marcio 25
  69. 69 Alba 24
  70. 70 Brando 20
  71. 71 Pio 17
  72. 72 Deangelo 15
  73. 73 Fabiano 13
  74. 74 Silvio 13
  75. 75 Enric 11
  76. 76 Rolando 10
  77. 77 Geovanni 10
  78. 78 Gaetano 8
  79. 79 Marciano 7
  80. 80 Rafaele 6
  81. 81 Elba 6
  82. 82 Primo 4
  83. 83 Lanz 4
  84. 84 Arnaldo 3
  85. 85 Umberto 3
  86. 86 Giovanny 3
  87. 87 Fausto 3
  88. 88 Maurizio 3
  89. 89 Guglielmo 3
  90. 90 Marcelino 3
  91. 91 Donatello 3
  92. 92 Benedetto 3

How to read this page

Choosing an Italian name

Origin is a useful starting point, but names move across languages, families and countries. A name can belong to more than one tradition, especially when it has been used for centuries.

The individual name pages give the fuller picture. They show whether a name is rising or falling, how often it appears in recent birth records, and where it is strongest across the UK.

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Questions

About Italian names

What makes a name Italian?

A name is grouped here when its meaning, language history or common use links it with italian naming tradition. Some names also appear in other origin groups because naming history is messy, especially in Britain.

Are these names ranked by recent popularity?

No. The lists are ordered by total births in the UK baby-name figures. That makes long-running names easier to spot. Open any name to see its latest rank and yearly trend.

Why do some familiar names appear lower down?

A name can be famous without being common in birth records. Spelling variants can also split the count across several forms, so names such as Sean and Shaun may appear separately.