Thank you so much for this list.


On Wednesday, January 10, 2001 at 3:23:14 PM UTC-6, BOBBY...@aol.com wrote:

Common Name Translations

Italian English

Abramo Abraham
Achille Achilles
Ada Doria
Adamo Adam
Addolorata Dolores (derived from Our Lady of
Sorrow)
Adelina Adeline
Addonis Adoria
Adriano Adrian
Agata Agatha
Agnese Agnes
Agnesina Aggie
Agostino Austin ('tho we have used Augustin or
Augustus)
Alba,-Albina Dawn
Alberto Albert, Al
Aldo Donald, (or=Arnaldo?)
Alesio Alexis
Alessandrino Alex, Alec
Alessandro Alexander
Alfonso Alphonse
Alfredo Alfred
Alice-(Alicia Alice
Aloisio Aloysius (or Louis)
Amadea,-Amadeo (like Amadeus Mozart)
Ambrogio Ambrose
Anatina (=Anna or Antonia)
Andrea Andrew
Andreanna
Andreuccio Andy
Angela Angel
Angelica Angel
Angelina Angel
Angeline Angel
Angelo Angelus (I would just leave it
Angelo)
Aniello Neil
Anna Ann (or Anne)
Annetta Annette, Nancy, Annie
Annina Nancy, Annie
Annunciata honorific name derived from
Annunciation to Mary,
Nancy
Annunciato
Anselmo Anselm
Antonia
Antonietta Antoinette
Antonio Anthony, Antoine, (Anton)
Antonino
Araldo Harold
Arianna Ariadne
Ario (=Rosario)
Arnaldo Arnold
Aronne Aaron
Arrigo Henry
Arturo Arthur, Art
Assunta honorific name derived from
Assumption of Mary
Augusto August, Gus
Aurelia

Baldassarre Balthazar
Baldovino Baldwin
Barbara Barbaria
Barnaba Barnaby
Bartola fem. form or Bartolomeo (=Bartholomew)
Bartolomeo Bartholomew
Basilio Basil
Bastiano (=Sebastian)
Battista Baptiste, honorific derived from St.
John the
Baptist
Beatrice Beatius
Benedetto Benedict
Beniamino Benjamin
Beppe (=Giuseppe)
Berenice Bernice
Bernardina Bernadine (or Bernadette)
Bernardino Barney
Bernardo Bernard
Berta Bertha
Bertrando Bertram, Bertrand
Biaggia =
Biaggio Blaise or Blaze (like St. Blaise)
Bianca Blanche
Bina (=Albina or Sabina)
Bruno Brutus
Cajetano,-Cajatano (see Gaetano)
Calogera Lillian
Calogero honorific from St. Calogero (sometimes
= Charles)
Calvino Calvin
Camilla Camille
Camillo = (often changed to Charles)
Candelora Calabria
Carlo Charles, Carlo
Carlotta Charlotte
Carlotto Charlie
Carmela,-Carmelo honorific name from Our Lady of
Mount Carmel,
Millie
Carmina,-Carmine honorific name from Our Lady of
Madonna della
Carmine
Carolina Caroline
Cataldo Jack
Caterina Catherine, Katherine, Kathie (etc.)
Cecilia =, Cecily
Cecilio Cecil
Celestina Celeste
Celestino Celestin
Cesare Caesar
Chiara Clare, Clara, (Clair, Claire)
Chirro Cyril or Cyrus
Ciccio Diminutive of Francesco
Cipriano Cyprian
Clarice Clarissa
Clarissa =
Claudia =
Claudiano Claudian
Claudio Claude, (Claud)
Clemente Clement
Clemenza Clemence (Clementine)
Clio =
Cloe Chloe
Coccino Diminutive of Francesco
Concetta Constance, Connie
Cordelia =
Corinna Corinne
Cornelia Ina
Cornelio Cornelius, Neil
Corradino Conrad
Corrado Conrad
Cosimo Cosmos, Cosmo
Costanza Constance
Costanzo Constantine
Crescenza Grace
Cristiano Christian
Cristina Christine
Cristoforo Christopher
Croce honorific name derived from the Cross
Crocifissa/o honorific name derived from the
Cross or
Crucifix
Dafne Daphne
Damiano Damian
Damone Damon
Daniele Daniel
Dante Jack
Dario Darien, (Darius)
Davide David
Davidino Davy
Demetrio Demetrius
Desiderio Desi, literally "desired"
Diana =,( Dianna. Diane, Dianne)
Dionigi Dennis
Dolorada see Addolorata
Domenica Dominique, Mae
Domenico Dominic
Donato Dan, ,Don, Donatus
Dora Ada
Doride Doris
Dorotea Dorothy
Durante Durand
Edgardo Edgar
Editta Edith
Edmondo Edmund
Edoardo Edward
Egeziaca honorific name derived from St. Mary
of Egypt
Egidio Giles
Elena Helen, Ellen, Helena
Elenora Eleanor,(Elinor)
Elia Elias, (Eli)
Elisa Eliza, (Elise)
Elisabetta Elizabeth, (Elisabeth)
Eloisa Eloise
Elvira =, (Vera)
Emilia Emily, Emilia, (Amelia)
Emilio Emile
Emma Lucy
Enrichetta Harriet, Hatty, Hetty, Henny, Rita,
(Henrietta)
Enrico Henry
Epifania =
Epifanio =
Erberto Herbert
Erico Eric
Erminia Hermina
Erminio Herman
Ermione Hermione
Ernestina Ernestine
Ernesto Ernest
Esmondo Esmond
Ester Esther
Ettore Hector
Eugenia =, Jennifer, (Eugenie)
Eugenio Eugene, (Gene)
Eva Eve (or Eva) Flower
Evelina Evelyn
Ezechiele Ezekiel
Fabiano Fabian
Fabrizio Fabricius
Fausto Faust (derived from the Latin Faustus)
Federica Frederica
Federico Frederick, Fred, (Frederic)
Felice Felix
Felicia =, Phyllis, (Felice)
Feliciano Felicius
Felicita Felicity
Feo (might be from Federico)
Ferdinando Ferdinand
Fernando Ferdinand
Fifo (=Raffaele)
Filemone Philemon
Filippa Fannie
Filippo Philip
Filomena Philomena
Fiora Flora
Fioralba Dawn (literally dawn flower)
Fiorenza Florence
Flaviano Flavius, (Flavian)
Fortunata Fortune
Fortunato Fotunatus
Franca Francie
Francesca Frances
Francesco Francis, Frank
Franco Frank
Fulvia =
Fulvio Fulvius
Gabriele Gabriel
Gabriella Gabriella
Gaetana Ida
Gaetano Thomas, Guy, from the Latin Caius or
Gaius
Galileo =
Geltrude Gertrude
Gennaro Gerald
Genoveffa Genevieve, (Geneva) (often Jennie)
Geraldina Geraldine
Geraldo Gerald
Gerardo Gerard
Geronimo Jerome Yin Latin records, you'll see
Hieronimus)
Gervasio Gervase
Giacinta Hyacinth
Giacinto Hyacinth - male form
Giacoma Jenny
Giacobbe Jacob
Giacomina Jenny, Jackie, Jaclyn
Giacomo James, Jacques (esp. fr. Latin, also =
Jacob)
Giampietro John Peter
Gian-Andrea John Andrew
Gian-Carlo John Charles
Gian-Lorenzo John Lawrence
Gianetta Jeanette, Jenny
Gianetto Jack
Gianmaria John Marion
Gianni Johnny
Giano Ian
Giasone Jason
Gilberto Gilbert
Gina (=Regina)
Gino Gene
Gioacchino Joachim
Gioconda Jocunda
Gionata Jonathan
Giordano Jordan
Giorgetto Georgie
Giorgiana Giorgiane (giorgianne, Georgiana)
Giorgio George
Giosi (=Giuseppa)
Giovanna Jane, Joan, Johanna, (Joannem Joanna)
Giovanni John
Giovannina Jean
Girolama Mamie, Gerry
Giuditta Judith
Giulia Julia, Julie
Giuliana Juliana
Giuliano Julian
Giulietta Juliet
Giulio Julius, Jules
Giuseppe Joseph
Giuseppa, Giussepina Josephine, (Josepha)
Giustina Justina
Giustiniano Justinian
Giustino Justin
Goffredo Godfrey
Grazia Grace
Gregorio Gregory
Gualtiero Walter
Guglielmino Bill
Guglielmo William
Guido Guy
Guntero Gunther
Gustavo Gustav, (Gustave)
Ida =
Ignasco Ignace
Ilario Hilary
Iolanda Yolanda
Irene =
Isabella Isabel, (or Isabella)
Isacco Isaac
Ivone Yves
Lamberto Lambert
Laura =
Lavinia =
Lea Leah
Leandro Leander
Lele (=Gabriele)
Lena (= Magdalena, Maddalena, Pasqualena, etc.)
Leonara Leonore, (Lenore)
Leonardo Leonard
Leone Leo
Leonia
Leopoldo Leopold
Letteria =
Letizia Leticia
Lia (=Rosalia)
Libera,-Libero Free, often translated as Lee
Lidano Leo
Lidia Lydia
Lillo (=Calogero)
Lionello Lionel
Lisa Betty
Lisetta Betsy
Litterio =
Livia =
Lodovico Lewis, (Ludwig)
Lorena Lorraine
Lorenzo Lawrence
Luca Lucas, Luke
Lucano Lucan
Lucia Lucy, Lucia
Luciano Lucian, Lucas
Lucrezio Lucretius
Luigi Louis
Luigia Louise, Louisa
Luisa Louisa, (Louise)
Maddalena Madeleine, Madeline, (Magdalena)
Magda Maud
Manfredo Manfred
Manlio Manlius
Manuele Manuel, (Emanuel)
Marcantonio Mark Anthony
Marcellina Marcelline, (Marcy)
Marcellino Marcellinus
Marcello Marcel, (Marcellus)
Marco Mark
Margherita Margaret, Margery, Margot, Madge,
(Marguerite)
Maria Mary, Marie, (Maria)
Marianna Marianne, (Marianna)
Marietta Peggy, Marion, May
Mario Marius
Marta Martha
Martino Martin
Massimiliano Maximilian
Massimo Max
Matilde Mathilda
Matteo Matthew
Mattia Matthias, Matthew
Maurizio Maurice
Melissa =
Mercede Mercedes
Michela Michelle
Michelangelo Michaelangelo
Michele Michael
Michelino Mike
Mimma,-Mena,-Mina (=Domenica)
Mimmo,-Meno,-Mino (=Domenico)
Minerva =
Miranda =
Modesto Modestus
Monica =, Monique
Nannetta Nannette, (Nancy)
Nardo (=Leonardo or Bernardo)
Natale Noel
Natalia Natalie
Nataniele Nathaniel, (Nathan)
Nicola Nicholas
Nicoletta Nicoletta, Nicole
Nicolo Nicholas
Nicoluccio Nick
Nina =, Nan
Nina,-Ninuccia (diminutive of many names - see
above)
Nino Nunzia,-Nunzio (see Annunciata)
Ofelia Ophelia
Olivia =,Olive (sometimes translated as Lee)
Oliviero Oliver
Omero Homer
Onofredo Humphrey
Onofrio Humphrey?
Onorato Honore
Orazio Horace, Horatio
Orlando Orlando
Orsola Ursula
Ortensia Hortense, Hortensia
Oscar =
Osvaldo Oswald
Ottavia Octavia
Ottaviano Octavian
Ottavio Octavius
Ovidio Ovid
Panfilo Pamphilus
Paola Paula
Paolina Paulina
Paolino Paulinus, (Linus?)
Paolo Paul
Pasquale Pascal, (Patsy, Patrick)
Patrizia Patricia
Patrizio Patrick
Penelope =
Petronilla Petronella
Petronio Petronius
Pia,-Pio Pio = Pius, Pia is the female form of
this name
Piero Peter
Pietro Peter
Pietruccio Pete
Pindaro Pindar
Pippo (=Filippo) (but I have also seen for
Giuseppe!)
Placidia =, (Pleasantine)
Placido =
Platone Plato
Plauto Plautus
Plinio Pliny
Pompeo Pompey
Porfirio Porphyry
Porzia Portia
Prescilla =
Prospero Prosper
Proteo Proteus
Prudenza Prudence
Quintilliano Quintiliam
Quintino Quentin
Rachele Rachel
Raffaele Raphael, (Ralph)
Raimondo Raymond
Rainero Rainerd, (Reiner)
Randolfo Randolph
Raulo Ralph
Rea Rhea
Rebecca =
Regina =, (Gina, Jean, Jenny)
Reginaldo Reginald
Reinardo Reinhard
Renata Renate
Renato Renatus
Renzo (=Lorenzo)
Riccardino Dick
Riccardo Richard
Rina (=Caterina)
Rinaldo Reynold, (Reginald), Reggie, Ronald
Rita (=Margherita)
Roberto Robert
Rodolfo Rudolph, Ralph
Rodrigo Roderick, (Roderic)
Rolando Roland
Romolo Romulus
Rosa Rose, (Rosa)
Rosalia Rosalie
Rosalinda Rosalind
Rosamonda Rosamund
Rosaria Rose, Sadie, Sara
Rosario Ross, Russ, Roy, Sal
Rosetta Rosette
Rosina Rosalie, (Rosie)
Rossanna Roxanne
Rufo Rufus
Ruggero Roger
Ruth =
Sabina =
Salamone Solomon
Salvatore = (derived from "the Savior"), often
Sam
Samuele Samuel
Sandra (=Alessandra)
Sandro (=Alessandro) or Andrew
Sansone Samson
Santa,Santo,Santina =(all derived from the word
for"saint")
Sara Sarah, Sally, (or Sara)
Sarina (=Rosaria)
Saul =
Saverio Xavier, also Sam
Savino Sam
Sebastiana =
Sebastiano Sebastian
Sempronia Sempronia
Sempronio Sempronius
Severo Severus
Sibilla Sibyl
Sigfrido Siefried
Sigismondo Sigmund
Silvestro Silverter
Silvia Sylvia
Silvio Sylvius (or just Silvio)
Simeone Simeon
Simone Simon
Siro Cyril or Cyrus
Sofia Sophie
Stefania Stephanie
Stefano Stephen (or Steven)
Stella =, Estelle
Stentore Stentor
Susanna Susan, Sue, Susannah, Susanna
Susetta Susie
Tacito Tacitus
Taddeo Thaddeus
Teo (might be from Matteo or Teodoro)
Teobaldo Theobald
Teodato Theodatus
Teodora Theodora
Teodorico Theodoric
Teodoro Theodore
Teodosia Theodosia
Teodosio Theodosius
Terenzio Terence
Teresa Therese, Teresa, (Theresa)
Tibaldo Tybald
Timeo Timaeus
Timoteo Timothy
Tirone Tyrone
Tito Titus
Tommasina Thomasina
Tommasino Tom
Tommaso Thomas
Toni (=Antonia)
Tonio (=Antonio)
Toto (=Salvatore), (=Antonio)
Turridu (=Salvatore)
Ubaldo Hubaldus
Uberto Hubert
Ugo Hugo
Ulisse Ulysses
Ulrico Ulric
Umberto Humberto
Urania =, Ron
Urbano Urban
Valentina Betty
Valentino Valentine
Valeria Valerie
Valerieano Valerian
Venere Venus
Veronica Betty
Vilfrido Wilfred
Vincenza Vincentia
Vincenzius Vinny
Vincenzo Vincent
Vinfrido Winfred
Viola Violet, (or =)
Virgilio Virgil
Virginia =
Vitale Vitellius
Vito Vitus
Vittore Vic, (Victor)
Vittoria Victoria
Vittoriano Victorian
Vittorio Victor
Viviana Vivian
Volere
Xaccheo Zaccheus
Zaccaria Zachary
Zenobia Zena
Zenone Zeno
Zorzi (=Giorgio)
Zuanna (=Giovanna)
Zuanne (=Giovanni)
Zucco Jack
Zucca Jackie (f)

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