This streamlined Italian and Spanish spelling of Louisa is currently very popular in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal, where it's usually spelt Luísa.

Luisa

Lucania

Madonna

Mariana is that unusual name that is more than the sum of its parts. While Mary or Maria and Ana or Anna are both perfectly nice classic names, Mariana achieves a lyrical elegance that transcends them.

<br/><br/>Unlike its near-soundalike Marianna, which is a combination of Maria and Anna, Mariana has its roots in Ancient Rome. It derives from the Roman name Marianus, from Marius, which ties to the war god Mars or to the Latin root <em>mas, maris</em>, meaning "male".

Mariana

Mariaorsola

Maruzza

Maruzzedda

Novella

Niolo

Novellaja

Novelline

Oniria

Paccaredda

Panza

Paperarello

Paradisa

Parcemina

Pierino

Pierone

Piro

evh's list "Italian Folktale Names" of 20 great name ideas: Luisa - Piro!

Italian Folktale Names

I found these on our quest for the right baby names.  I will keep adding to this list as we search.  Hope you like them!  You can always use or adapt pieces of the names or use as inspiration.  Remember to use the Italian pronunciation sounds. (gio=jo, gia=ja, i=eee sound, ci=chi, cia=cha, e=eh, a=ah, z=zts, t=dt, o=oh...)

ps many of the letters have accents

Italian Folktale Names

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