615+ Italian Names for Girls and Boys

A nickname that sounds like a nickname.

Unusual Italian name for boys that relates both to the vividly stylish Viv names such as Vivienne and Viveca, and to the Italian musician Vivaldi.

This name taken from one of the legendary founders of Rome suddenly feels more possible for a baby in the English-speaking world, with the rise of many Rome-related names, from Roman to Romy to Romilly and Romaine.

A Latinate name with a lot of dash and bravado.

Variant of Hortensia, an unusual floral name and the name of a secondary character in Roald Dahl's Matilda.

The water, period.

Federica is the Latin version of Frederica, one of those formerly stuffy female names -- think Josephine and Eleanor -- that feels fresh and elegant again. And Federica has more energy without that first r.

Bello is as handsome as Bella is beautiful, but rarely heard outside the Italian community. With its energetic 'o' ending, it could be ripe for export.

A fresher, feistier Italian variant of Marcia.

One of the most attractive and unusual spins on the "Fran" franchise.

Gaeta is a southern Italian region; this makes a sunny first name.

This is an outside possibility for opera-lovers, with the additional eco/color factor.

Agostino is the Italian form of this increasingly popular ancient name.

Orsola is chic in Italy in a way that Ursula is not in the U.S. And English speakers will inevitably hear this chic, sleek name as Ursula, condemned to purgatory as the name of the hideous sea-witch who terrorized Disney's Little Mermaid.

Benvenuto Cellini, the great Italian sculptor and writer -- a true Renaissance man -- could inspire this creative choice.