Italian Names that Start With M

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

Appealing, lively, and distinctive.

A nickname that sounds like a nickname.

A fresher, feistier Italian variant of Marcia.

Onetime superstar name (Number 4 in the seventies) that's now in steep decline. Today's feminine is more likely to be some form of Michaela...or Makayla.

Massima's meaning makes it a high-pressure boastful choice, even in Italian.

The last name of the twentieth-century Italian painter of quietly expressive still lifes presents an artistic possibility. Can absolutely work for girls too.

Could make a singularly creative choice inspired by modern Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzù.

Interesting last-name-first possibility, evoking the springtime month; also a sports-hero connection to baseball great Joe DiMaggio. Could make an interesting way to honor Grandma May or Mary with a boy's name.