Italian Names

Italian keeps the shape of Latin more visibly than any other Romance language, so its names often look like the ancestor rather than a descendant. Its diminutives do the heavy lifting: the affectionate ending is so productive that several Italian names in general use began as pet forms and never went back.

Languages behind these names Latin Greek Germanic Hebrew uncertain Italian

2 names, rare — 25 to 99 a year, in United States

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