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Below is a
compilation of Italian first names and their English meanings.
If you want to add a name or if the meaning is incorrect, drop me
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Names 'highlighted in bold '
represent some of the 'first names' found
on this site.
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the first letter of the name you wish to locate:
- A , B , C , D , E , F , G , H , I , J , K , L , M-Z
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Abramo
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Abraham
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Achilles
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Achilles
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Ada
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Adamo
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Adam
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Addolorata
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Dolores, derived
from Our Lady of Sorrow
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Adelina
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Adeline
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Adriana,
Adriano
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Adrian
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Agata
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Agatha
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Agnese
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Agnes
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Agnesina
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Aggie
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Agostino
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Austin, Augustin
or Augustus
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Alba, Albina
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Dawn
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Alberto
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Albert
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Aldo
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Donald, Arnaldo
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Alesio
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Alexis
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Alessandrino
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Alex, Alec
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Alessandro
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Alexander
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Alfonso
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Alphonse
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Alfredo
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Alfred
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Alicia
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Alice
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Alivia
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Aloisio
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Aloysius or
Louis
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Amadea, Amadeo
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like Amadeus
Mozart
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Ambrogio
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Ambrose
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Anatina
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Anna or Antonia
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Andrea
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Andrew
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Andreanna
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Andreuccio
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Andy
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Angela
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Angelica
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Angelina
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Angeline
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Angelo
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Angelus, Angelo
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Aniello
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Neil
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Anna
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Ann or Anne
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Annetta
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Annette, Nancy,
Annie
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Annina
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Nancy, Annie
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Annunciata,
Annunciato
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honorific name
derived from Annunciation to Mary, Nancy
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Anselmo
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Anselm
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Antonia
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Antonietta
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Antoinette
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Antonio
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Anthony,
Antoine, Anton
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Antonino
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Antolina
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Araldo
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Harold
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Arianna
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Ariadne
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Ario
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Rosario
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Arnaldo
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Arnold
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Aronne
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Aaron
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Arrigo
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Henry
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Arturo
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Arthur
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Assunta
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honorific name
derived from Assumption of Mary, Susan
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Augusto
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August
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Aurelia
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Baldassarre
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Balthazar
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Baldovino
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Baldwin
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Barbara
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Barnaba
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Barnaby
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Bartola
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feminine form or
Bartolomeo, Bartholomew
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Bartolomeo
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Bartholomew
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Basilio
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Basil
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Bastiano
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Sebastian
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Battista
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Baptiste,
honorific derived from St. John the Baptist
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Beatrice
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Benedetto
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Benedict
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Beniamino
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Benjamin
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Beppe
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Giuseppe
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Berardino
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Ben
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Berenice
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Bernice
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Bernardina
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Bernadine or
Bernadette
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Bernardino
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Barney
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Bernardo
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Bernard
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Berta
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Bertha
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Bertina
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Bertrando
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Bertram,
Bertrand
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Biaggia
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Biaggio
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Blaise or Blaze
like St. Blaise
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Bianca
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Blanche
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Bina
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Albina or Sabina
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Bombean
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Bruno
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Cajetano,
Cajatano
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see Gaetano
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Calogera
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Lillian
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Calogero
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honorific from
St. Calogero sometimes Charles
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Calvino
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Calvin
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Camilla
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Camille
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Camillo
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often changed to
Charles
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Candelora
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Carlo
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Charles, Carlo
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Carlotta
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Charlotte
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Carlotto
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Charlie
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Carmela,
Carmelo, Carmelina
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honorific name
from Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Millie
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Carmina,
Carmine
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honorific name
from Our Lady of Madonna della Carminemale, Charles
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Carolina
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Caroline
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Cataldo
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Caterina
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Catherine,
Katherine, Kathie etc.
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Cecilia
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Cecily
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Cecilio
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Cecil
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Celestina
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Celeste
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Celestino
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Celestin
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Cesare
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Caesar
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Chiara
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Clare,
Clara,Clair, Claire
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Chirro
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Cyril or Cyrus
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Ciccio
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Diminutive of
Francesco
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Cipriano
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Cyprian
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Clarice
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Clarissa
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Clarissa
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Claudia
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Claudiano
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Claudian
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Claudio
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Claude, Claud
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Clemente
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Clement
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Clemenza
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Clemence,
Clementine
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Clio
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Cloe
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Chloe
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Clorinda
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Clara
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Coccino
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Diminutive of
Francesco
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Concetta
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Constance,
Connie Elizabeth, Betty
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Cordelia
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Corinna
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Corinne
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Cornelia
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Cornelio
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Cornelius, Neil
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Corradino
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Conrad
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Corrado
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Conrad
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Cosimo
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Cosmos, Cosmo
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Costanza
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Constance
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Costanzo
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Constantine
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Crescenza
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Grace
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Cristiano
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Christian
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Cristina
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Christine
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Cristoforo
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Christopher
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Croce
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honorific name
derived from the Cross
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Crocifissa/o
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honorific name
derived from the Cross or Crucifix
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Dafne
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Daphne
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Damiano
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Damian
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Damone
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Damon
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Daniele
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Daniel
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Dante
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Dario
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Darien, Darius
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Davide
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David
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Davidino
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Davy
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Demetrio
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Demetrius
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Desiderio
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Desi, literally
"desired"
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Diana
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Dianna. Diane,
Dianne
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Dionigi
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Dennis
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Dolorada
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see Addolorata
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Domenica
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Dominique, Mae
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Domenico
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Dominic
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Donato
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Dan, ,Don,
Donatus
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Dora
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Doride
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Doris
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Dorotea
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Dorothy
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Durante
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Durand
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Edgardo
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Edgar
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Editta
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Edith
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Edmondo
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Edmund
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Edoardo
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Edward
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Egeziaca
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honorific name
derived from St. Mary of Egypt
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Egidio
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Giles
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Elena
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Helen, Ellen,
Helena
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Elenora
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Eleanor, Elinor
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Elia
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Elias,Eli
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Elisa
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Eliza,Elise
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Elisabetta
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Elizabeth,Elisabeth
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Eloisa
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Eloise
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Elvira
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Vera
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Emilia
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Emily, Emilia,
Amelia
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Emilio
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Emile
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Emma
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Enrietta
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Henrietta
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Enrichetta
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Harriet, Hatty,
Hetty, Henny, Rita, Henrietta
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Enrico
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Henry
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Epifania
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Epifanio
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Erberto
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Herbert
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Erico
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Eric
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Erminia
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Hermina
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Erminio
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Herman
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Ermione
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Hermione
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Ernestina
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Ernestine
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Ernesto
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Ernest
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Esmondo
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Esmond
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Ester
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Esther
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Ettore
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Hector
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Eugenia
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Jennifer,
Eugenie
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Eugenio
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Eugene, Gene
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Eva
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Eve or Eva
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Evelina
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Evelyn
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Ezechiele
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Ezekiel
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Fabiano
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Fabian
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Fabrizio
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Fabricius
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Fausto
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Faustderived
from the Latin Faustus
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Federica
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Frederica
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Federico
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Frederick, Fred,
Frederic
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Felice
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Felix
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Felicia
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Phyllis, Felice
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Feliciano
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Felicius
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Felicita
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Felicity
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Feo
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might be from
Federico
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Ferdinando
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Ferdinand
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Fernando
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Ferdinand
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Fifo
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Raffaele
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Filemone
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Philemon
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Filippa
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Fannie
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Filippo
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Philip
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Filomena
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Philomena
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Fiora
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Flora
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Fioralba
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Dawnliterally
dawn flower
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Fiorenza
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Florence
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Flaviano
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Flavius, Flavian
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Florino
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Fortunata
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Fortune
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Fortunato
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Fotunatus
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Franca
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Francie
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Francesca
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Frances
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Francesco
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Francis, Frank
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Franco
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Frank
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Fulvia
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Fulvio
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Fulvius
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Gabriele
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Gabriel
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Gabriella
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Gabriella
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Gaetana
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Ida
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Gaetano
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Thomas, Guy,
from the Latin Caius or Gaius
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Galileo
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Geltrude
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Gertrude
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Gennaro
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Gerald
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Genoveffa
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Genevieve,
Geneva often Jennie
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Geraldina
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Geraldine
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Geraldo
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Gerald
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Gerardo
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Gerard
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Geronimo
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Jerome Yin Latin
records, you'll see Hieronimus
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Gervasio
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Gervase
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Giacinta
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Hyacinth
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Giacinto
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Hyacinth - male
form
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Giacoma
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Jenny
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Giacobbe
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Jacob
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Giacomina
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Jenny, Jackie,
Jaclyn
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Giacomo
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James,
Jacquesesp. fr. Latin, also Jacob
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Giambattista
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John Baptist
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Giampietro
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John Peter
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Gian-Andrea
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John Andrew
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Gian-Carlo
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John Charles
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Gian-Lorenzo
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John Lawrence
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Gianetta
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Jeanette, Jenny
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Gianetto
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Jack
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Gianmaria
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John Marion
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Gianni
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Johnny
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Giano
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Ian
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Giasone
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Jason
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Gilberto
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Gilbert
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Gina
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Regina
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Gino
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Gene
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Gioacchino
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Joachim
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Gioconda
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Jocunda
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Gionata
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Jonathan
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Giordano
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Jordan
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Giorgetto
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Georgie
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Giorgiana
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Giorgiane,
Giorgianne, Georgiana
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Giorgio
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George
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Giosi
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Giuseppa
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Giovanna
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Jane, Joan,
Johanna, Joannem, Joanna
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Giovanni
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John
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Giovannina
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Jean
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Girolama
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Mamie, Gerry
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Giuditta
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Judith
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Giulia
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Julia, Julie
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Giuliana
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Juliana
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Giuliano
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Julian
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Giulietta
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Juliet
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Giulio
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Julius, Jules
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Giuseppe
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Joseph
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Giuseppa,
Giuseppina
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Josephine,
Josepha
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Giustina
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Justina
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Giustiniano
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Justinian
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Giustino
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Justin
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Goffredo
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Godfrey
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Grazia
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Grace
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Gregorio
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Gregory
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Gualtiero
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Walter
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Guglielmino
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Bill
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Guglielmo
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William
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Guido
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Guy
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Guntero
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Gunther
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Gustavo
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Gustav, Gustave
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Ida
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Ignasco
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Ignace
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Ilario
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Hilary
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Iolanda
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Yolanda
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Irene
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Isabella
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Isabel,or
Isabella
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Isacco
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Isaac
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Ivone
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Yves
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Lamberto
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Lambert
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Laura
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Lavinia
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Lea
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Leah
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Leandro
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Leander
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Lele
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Gabriele
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Lena
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Magdalena,
Maddalena, Pasqualena, etc.
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Leonara
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Leonore,Lenore
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Leonardo
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Leonard
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Leone
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Leo
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Leonia
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Leopoldo
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Leopold
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Letteria
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Letizia
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Leticia
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Lia
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Rosalia
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Libera,
Libero, Libia
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Free, often
translated as Lee
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Lidano
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Leo, Leon
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Lidia
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Lydia
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Lillo
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Calogero
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Lionello
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Lionel
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Lisa
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Betty
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Lisetta
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Betsy
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Litterio
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Livia
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Lodovico
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Lewis,Ludwig
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Lorena
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Lorraine
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Lorenzo
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Lawrence
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Luca
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Lucas, Luke
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Lucano
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Lucan
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Lucia
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Lucy, Lucia
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Luciano
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Lucian, Lucas
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Lucrezio,
Lucrezia
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Lucretius
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Luigi
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Louis
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Luigia
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Louise, Louisa
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Luis,
Luisa
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Louisa, Louise
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- This list was compiled using the following
sources:
- Follett's "World-Wide
Dictionary"
- Fucilla's "Our Italian Surnames"
- Cole's "Italian Genealogical
Records"
- INS's "Foreign Versions of English
Names"
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