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Elegant and worldly.

A color name with an Italian accent.

Standard Latin classic.

It wasn't so long ago that Romeo was considered as outre for an American baby as Casanova or Cupid. But that really changed when David and Victoria Beckham chose it for their second son in 2002, a path followed by Jon Bon Jovi.

Virtually the only name that is feminine in one language and masculine in another.

An old Roman family name that could easily be mispronounced to make it supersevere.

Silvanus was the Roman god of the forests and is also an alternate name in the New Testament for Silas. Relatives include Silvio, Silvius, and Sylvia.

Shiny and sylvan choice.

Grandparents are sure to link this to disgraced Nixon vice president Spiro Agnew.

As commonly heard in Rome, Italy, as Steve is in Rome, New York. With the accent on the first syllable, Stefano has a lot of charm.

British singer-songwriter Jacob Taio Cruz dropped his first name, and has put his unusual middle on the map.

Especially if you have Welsh roots, this prominent saint's name could be an interesting and more masculine alternative to Taylor.

See the popularity graph below for the name Theo? It's been heading straight uphill since 2010, when it hopped back onto the Top 1000 after a 60+ year absence.

Tiago, also spelled Thiago, is a popular Portuguese boys' name derived from the more formal Santiago but these days usually used on its own. English speakers won't intuitively get the pronunciation but this might be a creative way to honor an ancestral James or Diego.