Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends
Italian baby names often have layered meanings and a lot of romance, which makes them a great choice no matter what your nationality. At the same time – and for much the same reasons – searching for good Italian names can be tricky.
Names that sound perfectly fine to American ears may not be real options in Italy, if, for example, they might sound old-fashioned or carry strong regional connotations. Take Teodora: here’s a great-sounding, but also ancient-sounding name that virtually no one in Italy has chosen for decades. Or Calogero – a once-popular name that has been out of fashion for quite a while.
While finding a popular name can be tricky, the biggest challenge is in the spelling. Unlike in the States, alternative spellings are usually regarded as simply mistakes rather than unique or creative choices – so you have to be careful if you want the real thing! On many websites, you will find Giovanny, Adrianna, or Luka listed as Italian baby names, though in Italy they would be perceived as bizarre deviations from the correct spelling – Giovanni, Adriana, and Luca.
A good place to start searching for Italian baby names would be the annual report of the Italian National Institute for Statistics (Istat), which unfortunately is only published in Italian. But don’t despair – here’s a summary to find out what’s hot on the shores of the Mediterranean!
Italian girl names have an interesting popularity count, with some crossovers with the Us list of top girl names.
Italian Girl Names
1. Sofia
2. Giulia
3. Aurora
4. Emma
5. Giorgia
6. Martina
7. Chiara
8. Sara
9. Alice
10. Gaia
11. Greta
12. Francesca
13. Anna
14. Ginevra
15. Alessia
16. Viola
17. Noemi
18. Matilde
19. Vittoria
20. Beatrice
21. Elisa
22. Giada
23. Nicole
24. Elena
25. Arianna
26. Rebecca
27. Marta
28. Melissa
29. Maria
30. Ludovica
31. Camilla
32. Asia
33. Bianca
34. Mia
35. Serena
36. Eleonora
37. Benedetta
38. Miriam
39. Ilaria
40. Angelica
41. Adele
42. Carlotta
43. Irene
44. Alessandra
45. Caterina
46. Valentina
47. Margherita
48. Federica
49. Anita
50. Laura
1. Francesco
2. Alessandro
3. Andrea
4. Lorenzo
5. Mattia
6. Matteo
7. Gabriele
8. Leonardo
9. Riccardo
10. Tommaso
11. Davide
12. Giuseppe
13. Antonio
14. Federico
15. Marco
16. Samuele
17. Luca
18. Giovanni
19. Pietro
20. Diego
21. Simone
22. Edoardo
23. Christian*
24. Nicolò
25. Filippo
26. Alessio
27. Emanuele
28. Michele
29. Gabriel*
30. Daniele
31. Jacopo
32. Cristian*
33. Giacomo
34. Salvatore
35. Vincenzo
36. Manuel*
37. Thomas*
38. Stefano
39. Giulio
40. Nicola
41. Gioele
42. Luigi
43. Daniel*
44. Giorgio
45. Samuel*
46. Elia
47. Angelo
48. Domenico
49. Paolo
50. Mario