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Below is a
compilation of Italian first names and their English meanings.
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Names 'highlighted in bold '
represent some of the 'first names' found
on this site.
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Italian
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English
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Maddalena
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Madeleine,
Madeline, Magdalena
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Magda
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Maud
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Manfredo
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Manfred
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Manlio
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Manlius
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Manuele
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Manuel, Emanuel
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Marcantonio
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Mark Anthony
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Marcellina
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Marcelline,
Marcy
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Marcellino
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Marcellinus
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Marcello
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Marcel,
Marcellus
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Marco
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Mark
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Margherita
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Margaret,
Margery, Margot, Madge, Marguerite
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Maria
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Mary, Marie,
Maria
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Marianna
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Marianne,
Marianna
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Marietta
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Peggy, Marion,
May
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Mario
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Marius
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Marta
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Martha
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Martino
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Martin
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Massimiliano
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Maximilian
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Massimo
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Max
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Matilde
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Mathilda
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Matteo
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Matthew
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Mattia
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Matthias,
Matthew
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Maurizio
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Maurice
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Melissa
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Mercede
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Mercedes
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Michela
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Michelle
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Michelangelo
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Michaelangelo
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Michele
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Michael
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Michelino
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Mike
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Mimma, Mena,
Mina
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Domenica
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Mimmo, Meno,
Mino
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Domenico
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Minerva
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Miranda
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Modesto
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Modestus
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Monica
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Monique
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Nannetta
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Nannette, Nancy
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Nardo
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Leonardo or
Bernardo
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Natale
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Noel
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Natalia
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Natalie
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Nataniele
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Nathaniel,
Nathan
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Nicola
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Nicholas
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Nicoletta
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Nicoletta,
Nicole
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Nicolo
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Nicholas
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Nicoluccio
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Nick
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Nina
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Nan
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Nina,
Ninuccia
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diminutive of
many names
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Nino
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Nunzia, Nunzio
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Annunciata
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Ofelia
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Ophelia
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Olivia
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Olive sometimes
translated as Lee
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Oliviero
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Oliver
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Olympia
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Lee
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Omero
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Homer
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Onofredo
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Humphrey
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Onofrio
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Humphrey?
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Onorato
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Honore
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Orazio
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Horace, Horatio
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Orlando
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Orlando
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Orsola
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Ursula
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Ortensia
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Hortense,
Hortensia
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Oscar
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Osvaldo
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Oswald
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Ottavia
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Octavia
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Ottaviano
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Octavian
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Ottavio
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Octavius
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Ottilio
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Ovidio
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Ovid
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Panfilo
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Pamphilus
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Paola
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Paula
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Paolina
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Paulina
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Paolino
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Paulinus, Linus
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Paolo
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Paul
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Pasquale
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Pascal, Patsy,
Patrick
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Patrizia
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Patricia
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Patrizio
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Patrick
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Penelope
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Perrino
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Perry
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Petronilla
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Petronella
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Petronio
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Petronius
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Pia, Pio
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Pio Pius, Pia is
the female form of this name
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Piero
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Peter
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Pietro
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Peter
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Pietruccio
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Pete
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Pindaro
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Pindar
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Pippo
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Filippobut, also
seen for Giuseppe
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Placidia
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Pleasantine
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Placido
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Platone
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Plato
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Plauto
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Plautus
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Plinio
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Pliny
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Pompeo
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Pompey
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Porfirio
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Porphyry
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Porzia
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Portia
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Prescilla
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Prospero
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Prosper
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Proteo
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Proteus
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Prudenza
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Prudence
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Quintilliano
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Quintiliam
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Quintino
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Quentin
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Rachele
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Rachel
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Raffaele
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Raphael, Ralph
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Raimondo
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Raymond
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Rainero
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Rainerd, Reiner
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Randolfo
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Randolph
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Raulo
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Ralph
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Rea
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Rhea
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Rebecca
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Regina
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Gina, Jean,
Jenny
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Reginaldo
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Reginald
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Reinardo
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Reinhard
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Renata
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Renate
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Renato
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Renatus
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Renzo
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Lorenzo
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Riccardino
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Dick
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Riccardo
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Richard
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Rina
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Caterina
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Rinaldo
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Reynold,
Reginald, Reggie, Ronald
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Rita
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Margherita
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Roberto
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Robert
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Rodolfo
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Rudolph, Ralph
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Rodrigo
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Roderick,
Roderic
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Rolando
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Roland
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Roma
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Romolo
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Romulus
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Rosa
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Rose, Rosa
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Rosalia
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Rosalie
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Rosalinda
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Rosalind
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Rosamonda
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Rosamund
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Rosaria
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Rose, Sadie,
Sara
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Rosario
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Ross, Russ, Roy,
Sal
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Rosetta
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Rosette
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Rosina
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Rosalie, Rosie
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Rossanna
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Roxanne
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Rufo
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Rufus
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Ruggero
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Roger
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Ruth
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Sabina
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Salamone
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Solomon
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Salvatore,
Salvatora
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derived from
"the Savior", often Sam, Sal
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Samuele
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Samuel
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Sandra
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Alessandra
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Sandro
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Alessandro or
Andrew
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Sansone
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Samson
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Santa, Santo,
Santina
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derivative for
"saint"
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Sara
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Sarah, Sally, or
Sara
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Sarina
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Rosaria
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Saul
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Saverio
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Xavier, also Sam
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Savino
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Sam
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Sebastiana
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Sebastiano
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Sebastian
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Serafina
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Nina, derivative
for Seraphim (angel)
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Sempronia
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Sempronia
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Sempronio
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Sempronius
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Severo
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Severus
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Sibilla
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Sibyl
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Sigfrido
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Siefried
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Sigismondo
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Sigmund
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Silvestro
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Silverter
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Silvia
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Sylvia
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Silvio
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Sylviusor just
Silvio
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Simeone
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Simeon
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Simone
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Simon
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Siro
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Cyril or Cyrus
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Sofia
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Sophie
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Stefania
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Stephanie
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Stefano
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Stephenor Steven
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Stella
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Estelle
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Stentore
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Stentor
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Susanna
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Susan, Sue,
Susannah, Susanna
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Susetta
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Susie
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Tacito
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Tacitus
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Taddeo
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Thaddeus
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Teo
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might be from
Matteo or Teodoro
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Teobaldo
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Theobald
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Teodato
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Theodatus
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Teodora
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Theodora
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Teodorico
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Theodoric
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Teodoro
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Theodore
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Teodosia
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Theodosia
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Teodosio
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Theodosius
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Terenzio
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Terence
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Teresa
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Therese,
Teresa,Theresa
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Tibaldo
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Tybald
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Timeo
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Timaeus
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Timoteo
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Timothy
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Tirone
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Tyrone
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Tito
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Titus
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Tommasina
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Thomasina
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Tommasino
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Tom
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Tommaso
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Thomas
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Toni
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Antonia
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Tonio
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Antonio
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Toto
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Salvatore,
Antonio
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Turridu
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Salvatore
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Ubaldo
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Hubaldus
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Uberto
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Hubert
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Ugo
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Hugo
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Ulisse
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Ulysses
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Ulrico
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Ulric
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Umberto
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Humberto
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Urania
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Ron
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Urbano
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Urban
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Valentina
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Valentino
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Valentine
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Valerieo
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Valerie
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Valerieano
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Valerian
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Venere
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Venus
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Veronica
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Vienna
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Vilfrido
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Wilfred
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Vincenza
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Vincentia
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Vincenzius
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Vinny
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Vincenzo
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Vincent
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Vinfrido
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Winfred
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Viola,
Violetta
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Violet,or
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Virgilio
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Virgil
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Virginia
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Vitale
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Vitellius
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Vito
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Vitus
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Vittore
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Vic, Victor
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Vittoria
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Victoria
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Vittoriano
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Victorian
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Vittorio
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Victor
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Viviana
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Vivian
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Xaccheo
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Zaccheus
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Zaccaria
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Zachary
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Zenobia
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Zenone
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Zeno
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Zorzi
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Giorgio
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Zuanna
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Giovanna
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Zuanne
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Giovanni
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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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