Conference oass::babynames

    yes, here they are:
    
    Pino
    Eros
    Gino
    Sandro
    Marco
    Marcello
    Carlo
    Mario
    Enzo
    Renzo
    Raffael
    Pasquale
    
    Gina
    Sandra
    Marcella
    
    
    

The 10 most popular Italian boys/girls names (in 1986) were :

	girls			boys
	-----			----
	Angelina		Antonio
	Anna-Maria		Carmello
	Catherina		Eugenio
	Costanzia		Francesco
	Giovanna		Guiseppe
	Lucia			Liborio
	Maria			Pasquale
	Maria-Guiseppe		Rosario
	Rosina			Saberio
	Teresa			Salvatore

(Taken without permission from "The Best Baby Name Book" by Bruce Lansky.)

    
    
    	I used to baby sit for a family from Italy, and their daughter's
    name was Kiara, (pronounced Kee ara).  I thought it was a beautiful
    name.  Their sons were named Andrea (An dray a) and Luca.  
    
    

    I have a neighbor from Sicily, her name is Giovanina Massinople.
    It sounds so lyrical.
    
    Cindy

    I have a friend from Italy named Carmelina...I think it's a beautiful
    name.  

    Hello,
    	  my name is Giovanni (nickname Gianni), and I work in DEC-TURIN
    (ITALY).
    	I read with interest this note, because so far I didn't know
    that Italian names are also used abroad by not Italian people. The
    same thing is happening viceversa also in Italy now, so foreign names
    are sometimes used by us.
    	I have some doubts about the .2 list. To understand better what
    I mean, you should consider that Italian southern people have a
    different "culture" and "traditions". Names like: Angelina, Anna-Maria,
    Lucia, Carmelo, Pasquale, Rosario, Salvatore,Carmelina (.5) are pretty
    names, but typically used in the south of Italy, or by southern people.
    These names are never used by northern people. What is funny, is that
    expecially southern people are starting now to use foreign names,
    instead of the Italian or "traditional" ones.
    	Still about .2 list, I've never heard the names Liberio and
    Saberio (could be Saverio, but...).
    	Guiseppe, Giovanina (.4), Kiara (.3) must be written: Giuseppe,
    Giovannina ( but more used are: Giovanna, Gianna) and Chiara. 
    	One more consideration: even if many Italian people have a
    second name, only the first one is usually used.
    	By the way, my son (3 years old) is called LORENZO GIOVANNI
    (but we call him only Lorenzo), while my daughter (only 10 days
    "old") is called CRISTINA LAURA (and we call her Cristina).
        If Magnus or anybody else is still interested in Italian
    names, I'll prepare a more complete list. I wait for your replies.
                                   
    				 CIAO !!! GIANNI
    			        

    Hello,
    
    There are a couple of italian names that I escpecially
    like:
    
    Gabriella (girl) - Gabriele (boy)
    Alesandro (?)
    Nicoletta
    Massimo
    Vittorio
    Francesca (my favorite)
    
    
    a 1st generation American.....Annamaria
    

    My friends (very Italian) just had a baby girl and named her Gianna.
    Although I am not fond of the name for a baby, I think it will make for
    a beautiful name as a grown woman and I haven't heard of anyone else
    with it as of yet either.
    
    Good luck!

   My grandmother's name is Fernanda (the a's are pronounced like
   the a's in "ah ha")  (Nanda for short).  Her parents were Virginia and
   Louigi (sp? - the American is Louis).  Her brothers were Fred and
   Angelo (Angie for short).   They were all born somewhere near Rome.

   Amy

    re:.8
    
    There's a woman who works down the hall from me and her name
    is Gia.  I asked her if it was short for anything and she said
    that it wasn't, but I suppose it could be a nickname for Gianna.
    At any rate, I really like the name Gia and now that you mention
    it, Gianna is very nice too.
    
    - K