Abraham
Middle English Abraham English Abraham From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
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Adolfo
Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo. From Latin Adolphus, Adolfus, from earlier Adalulfus, from Old High German Adalwolf, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Aida
Borrowed from Italian Aida, made famous by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida, which premiered in 1871. From Italian Aida.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aída
Borrowed from Italian Aida.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Alberto
Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Alberto. Shorter form of Adalberto, from Latin Adalbertus, from Frankish *Aþalaberht. Borrowed from Spanish Alberto.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Aldo
Borrowed from Italian Aldo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alessandra
Borrowed from Italian Alessandra. Borrowed from Italian Alessandra.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Alessandro
Borrowed from Italian Alessandro. Inherited from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). Borrowed from Italian Alessandro. Doublet of Alexandre,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Alfredo
From Alfredo alla Scrofa, an Italian restaurant in Rome where the pasta dish fettuccine Alfredo was originally served, named after its founder Alfredo Di Lelio. Doublet of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Allegra
Borrowed from Italian allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Alphonso
Anglicized form of Italian or Spanish Alfonso.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Americus
Latinization of Italian Amerigo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Andrea
Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew. Borrowed from Italian Andrea. From Latin Andreās, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). Due to the loss of the final S, the…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Angelica
Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516). From Latin angelica (“angelic”).…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Angelina
From Italian Angelina. By surface analysis, Angela + -ina. Piecewise doublet of Angeline. a female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Angelina
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Angelo
Borrowed from Italian Angelo. Doublet of Angel. Inherited from Latin Angelus. Borrowed from Spanish Ángelo. Doublet of Angel.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Ângelo
Borrowed from Italian Angelo, from Late Latin Angelus. Doublet of anjo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Antonela
Borrowed from Italian Antonella.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Antonella
Unadapted borrowing from Italian Antonella.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Antonio
Borrowed from Italian Antonio and Spanish Antonio. Doublet of Anthony. Inherited from Latin Antōnius. Borrowed from Latin Antōnius. Doublet of Antón.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Arlo
From Italian.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Armi
Shortened from Italian Armida (perhaps inspired by the Torquato Tasso poem Jerusalem Delivered), also associated with Armas (“beloved”). Not related to an older male given name…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Bella
From Italian: a diminutive of Isabella and Arabella, by folk etymology interpreted as bella (“beautiful”). Likely a variant of Belle, perhaps from Latin or Italian,…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Bianca
From Italian Bianca, equivalent of English Blanche. Recently borrowed from Italian Bianca. Recently borrowed from Italian Bianca. Borrowed from Italian Bianca. Doublet of…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Bianka
From Italian Bianca. Borrowed from Italian Bianca. Derived from Italian Bianca.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Bonawentura
Borrowed from Italian Bonaventura.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Callista
Borrowed from Italian Callista, a conflation from two sources, both from Ancient Greek: * From Ancient Greek καλλίστη (kallístē), feminine of κάλλιστος (kállistos), superlative…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Carla
From German and Italian Carla. By surface analysis, Carl + -a. Borrowed from Italian Carla. Feminine form of Carlos, from Latin Carolus, of Germanic origin. Doublet of Carol,…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Carlo
From Italian Carlo, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic. Doublet of Charles, Carl, and Carlos. From Latin Carolus, from Germanic.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Carlotta
From Italian Carlotta, an equivalent of Charlotte.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Carmen
From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet. Borrowed from Italian Carmine. Ultimately from…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Carmine
The given name is borrowed from Italian Carmine.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Caroline
Borrowed in the 17th century from French Caroline, from Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Latin Carolus (“Charles”), from Middle High German Karl, + -īna…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Cayetana
From Cayetano, and this from the Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Clara
Learned borrowing from Latin clāra, feminine of clārus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. Doublet…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Clarissa
Borrowed from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa; see there for more. Popularized in English by Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa. Doublet of Clarisse.…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Clarisse
Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarice. Borrowed from Italian…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Clorinda
From Italian Clorinda.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Cosima
From Italian, a feminine form of Cosimo.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Cristina
Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Cristina.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Danilo
Borrowed from Italian Danilo, from Serbo-Croatian Danilo. Doublet of Daniel. Borrowed from Italian Danilo. Doublet of Daniel.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Dante
Borrowed from Italian Dànte, a reduced form of Durànte. Borrowed from Italian Dànte. Borrowed from Italian Dànte. Borrowed from Italian Dànte. Borrowed from Italian Dànte.…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Dina
Equivalent of the biblical name Dinah in several European languages, ultimately from Hebrew דִּינָה. Borrowed clipping of longer names in many languages, such as Italian Dina.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Dino
Borrowed from Italian Dino.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Donizete
Borrowed from Italian Donizetti.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Donna
A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Elena
Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Elena, cognate to English Helen. Variant of Helena, possibly from Italian Elena and/or Spanish Elena. From Italian and Spanish Elena. From…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Elmo
From an Italian contraction of Erasmo, cognate with Erasmus. Also a German short form of Elmar. * By folk etymology seen as a short form of Elmer. From German Elmo, vernacular…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Enzo
Borrowed from Italian Enzo (equivalent to English Hank), from German Heinz, a diminutive of Heinrich (English Henry), from Old High German Heimrih, Haimirich (heim (“home”) +…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Fabio
Borrowed from Italian Fabio, Spanish Fabio and Portuguese Fábio. From Latin Fabius. From Latin Fabius.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Fiorella
Borrowed from Italian Fiorella.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Francesc
Borrowed from Latin Franciscus or Italian Francesco.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends C
Francesca
Borrowed from Italian Francesca (“Frances”), the feminine form of Francesco (“Francis”), from Late Latin Franciscus, from Francia (“France”) + -iscus (“-ish”). Doublet of…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Francesco
Borrowed from Italian Francesco. From Medieval Latin Franciscus, derived from Francia, ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Franciszek
Borrowed from Italian Francesco.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Franciszka
Borrowed from Italian Francesca.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Fredo
Compare the given names Federico and Alfredo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Fulco
Fulco and Fulca stem from the Italian proper name Folco.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
Gabriele
Borrowed from Italian Gabriele.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Gabriella
From Italian Gabriella. By surface analysis, Gabriel + -a. Unadapted borrowing from Italian Gabriella or a popular alteration of Gabriela. Borrowed from Italian Gabriella.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A