300+ Italian Girl Names

Italianate variation of Cosette, from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables.

Delicately pretty name all but unknown here.

Rarely heard outside Italy, could make an interesting import.

Stylish and dramatic, a la Donatella Versace.

Influential designer Miuccia (nicknamed Miu Miu) Prada's surname is much better known here than her first.

The fashion for elaborate girly-girl names, especially those that end with -ella or -ana, has put this distinctive Latin favorite into play.

Cadenza takes the popular CADENCE and gives it a more operatic flourish.

Both rhythmic and serene, Serenella is one of the Italian names for girls virtually unknown in the US but definitely usable. An unusual route to Ella as a short form?

Raffaella is the Italian form of the lovely name Raphaela, the female version of the angel's name Raphael, gorgeous in any spelling or international variation. Raffaella is one of the most appealing Italian baby names for girls.

This evocative term for a stone or shell carved in relief could make a striking first name for a girl, though she would have a starring role in her story, rather than a cameo.

A bit syllable-heavy, but a pretty name for a springtime baby.

This lovely Umbrian hill town became a striking first name for the young daughter of Jade Jagger.

This name belongs to the eponymous heroine of Rossini's opera; 'Zelmira' (1822) about a (fictional) princess of Lesbos who saves her father and husband and her kingdom.

The first syllable of Laura in Italian rhymes with now, so Lauretta does not really sound like the decidedly midcentury Loretta thought most English speakers will pronounce it that way. Still, this Italian names for girls feels more closely related to the classic beauty Laura and somehow more charming and unusual.

Santa has an appealing sound, or maybe that's sleigh bells we hear? It's difficult to separate the Italian girls' name Santa from the association to Mr. Claus, king of Christmas. The German diminutive Senta -- or Snow or even Christmas -- might be an easier name to handle.

This name of one of the most romantic cities in the world could easily find its way onto an American baby girl's birth certificate.