italian boy names?

mrs.mastro · November 2009

We have a long very Italian last name. I've come up with plenty of girl names that work with it, but struggling with boy names. I want something short and unique, but not too odd. It doesn't have to be Italian, but should sound good with an Italian last name. So far I have Leo, Luca, and Rome. Any suggestions??

SweetBaby2004 · November 2009

We are in a similar situation and considered:

Gabriel, Michael, Matteo, Daniel, Nicholas (I wanted Niccolo).

Laura_Lee · November 2009

My friend just named her son Giovanni. I personally LOVE it.

Laura_Lee · November 2009

Just realized you were looking for something short though... my bad.

PeppermintPattie · November 2009

Gianni?

carolinag · November 2009

my friend told me she's thinking of gianni or giovanni.

MichelleL1118 · November 2009

We also have a long, Italian last name... but none of the males in DH's family have overly Italian first names... some to consider: John, Joseph, Stephen, Kevin, Peter, Phillip, Paul, Anthony, Michael...

queenbone · November 2009

When I lived in Italy I dated a boy named Aldo. He had a nice, long last name so it flowed very well.

mrs.mastro · November 2009

Thanks for all the suggestions! I actually really like Gianni and Giovanni, but DH says they sound too "off the boat." I think we're going to have to wait until the big u/s before we get really serious about the names.

astitt04 · November 2009

A friends BIL's name is Roman ... i love it

magsugar13 · November 2009

My sons are Nico and Danilo.

Stefano

Marco

Paolo

Gianni

Carlo

Roberto

Luigi

Enzo

Philipo

Claudio

Vincenzo

Antonio

Francesco

k8edge · November 2009

Carmine

Roman

I actually really like Luca too.

hopefulmom · November 2009

My oldest DD had two guy friends who were Italian...last name Fasaro. Anyway, one was Lawrence (named after his grandfather) and the other was Joseph (named after their father). Don't "sound" Italian to me...but the grandfather was straight from Italy...even their dad had an strong Italian accent so thinking he was born there as well.

NiceAsstra · November 2009

These are my uncles and grandpa's names:

Giuseppe, Giovanni, Valentino, Vincenzo, Luigi, Francis, and Michael

Or you can go a little more American and use John, Joeseph, Val, Vincent...

kcnurse77 · November 2009

My sons name is Vito. It was most popular in Italy in the 1920's. A lot of people associate it with being "gangster" but those are usually people who base their ideas of Italians from TV shows. It is the name of someone who was very close to the Italian side of my family and I decided to use it. I also really like Luca, but people are using it now as a girl name (bummer) and I didn't want my son to have a name that would possibly end up being unisex.

Julie_Anne · November 2009

How about Gino?

MaiteRam · November 2009

Nico is my favorite.

ebradyk · November 2009

Ciro

funnibaby · November 2009

I really like Leo.

Heather

Hip2Bsquare · December 2009

When I lived in Italy I told my Italian instructor I liked the name Giovanni and she laughed because she said that is an old persons name now.....kinda like what we would think of Bob or Franklin or something.