| Given name and variants | Diminutives | English forms |
| Achille, Achilleo | Achilles | |
| Agabito, Agapito | Gk Agapitos | |
| Agnolo, Agnello, Aniello | Agnolino | |
| Alessandro | Alessandrino, Sandro | Alexander |
| Alessio, Alesio, Alesso | Alexis | |
| Alfio | Alfietto | Gk Alphios (wheat) or Lat Alfius (albus) |
| Aloisio, Aloysio | Aloysius | |
| Ambrogio | Ambrogino, Brogio, Gino | Ambrose |
| Anacleto | Cleto | Gk Anakletos |
| Antioco | Gk Antiochos (anti against + ekhein to have) | |
| Apollinare, Apollinaro, Apollonio | From 'Apollo' | |
| Atanasio | Athanasius | |
| Basilio | Basil | |
| Boetio | Boetius | |
| Callisto | Callistus | |
| Calogero | St Calogerus Gk kalos fair/good + geras old age | |
| Catalino, Caterino | Masc of Katherine | |
| Cipriano | Cyprian | |
| Ciriaco, Ciriagio | ||
| Cirillo | Cyril | |
| Clio | ||
| Cosimo, Cosmo | Gk Cosmas | |
| Damiano | Gk Damian | |
| Damone | Gk Damon | |
| Delfino | 'of Delphi' | |
| Delio | 'of Delos' | |
| Demetrio | Demetrius | |
| Dionisio, Dionigi, Dioneo | Denis | |
| Dore | ||
| Doriano | Dorian | |
| Eleuterio | Eleutherius | |
| Eliseo, Eliceo | ||
| Elmo | ||
| Enea | Aeneas | |
| Epifanio | ||
| Erasmo | Erasmus | |
| Ercole, Ercolo | Hercules | |
| Ermete | Gk, from 'Hermes' | |
| Ettore, Héctor | ||
| Eugenio | Eugene | |
| Euplio | ||
| Eustachio, Eustazio | Eustace | |
| Eutichio | Eutychus | |
| Evaristo | ||
| Feo | Theo | |
| Filemone | Philemon | |
| Filippo | Filippino, Filippozzo, Filipuccio, Lippo, Lippaccio, Lippozzo, Pino | Philip |
| Giacinto | Hyacinth | |
| Giorgio, Yuri (Russian) | Giorgetto, Georgetto | George |
| Girolamo Gerolamo, Geronimo | Hieronymus/Jerome | |
| Ignacio, Ignasco, Ignazio | Ignatius | |
| Ippolito | Hippolytos | |
| Isidoro | Isidore | |
| Leandro | Leander | |
| Macario | Macarios | |
| Menandro | Gk Menandros (Menander) | |
| Nerio | Gk Nereus | |
| Nestore | Nestor | |
| Nicodemo | Nicodemus | |
| Nicomedo | Nicomedos | |
| Nicostrato | Nicostratos | |
| Omero | Homer | |
| Oreste | Orestes | |
| Orfeo | Orpheus | |
| Pancrazio | Gk pankratios all-powerful | |
| Parisse | Paris | |
| Platone | Plato | |
| Porfirio | Gk Porphirios | |
| Proteo | Gk Proteus | |
| Stentore | Gk Stentor | |
| Telemaco | Telmo | Gk Telemachus |
| Telesforo | Gk Telesphoros | |
| Teodato | Theodatus | |
| Teodoro | Gk Theodoros | |
| Teodosio | Gk Theodosius | |
| Teofilo | Gk Theophilus | |
| Terenzio | Lat Terentius | |
| Tirso | Gk Thyrsos | |
| Ulisse | Gk Ulysses | |
| Zeno, Zenone | Gk Zenon (from Zeus) |
| Given name and variants | Diminutives | English forms | |
| Agata | Agatina | Agatha | |
| Agnella | |||
| Agnesa, Agnese | Agnesina | Agnes | |
| Agnola | |||
| Alessandra | Sandra | Alexandra | |
| Alessia | Alexia | ||
| Aletea | Alethea | ||
| Allegra | |||
| Anastasia | |||
| Arianna | Ariadne | ||
| Artemisia | |||
| Barbara | |||
| Berenice | |||
| Calogera | |||
| Cinzia | Cynthia | ||
| Clio | |||
| Cloe | Chloe | ||
| Corinna | |||
| Cosima* | |||
| Dafne | Daphne | ||
| Dalia | |||
| Dalila | |||
| Dea | |||
| Delfina | Delphine | ||
| Diana | |||
| Dora | |||
| Doria | |||
| Doride | |||
| Dorotea | Dorothy | ||
| Elena, Elenora, Eleonora, Eleonore, Ileana (Romanian) | Leonora, Leonara | Eleanor/Helen | |
| Ermione | Hermione | ||
| Eufemia | Euphemia | ||
| Eugenia | |||
| Eutiche | |||
| Evangelista | Vangelista | ||
| Fedora | Theodora | ||
| Filide | Phillida | ||
| Filippa | Lippa | Philippa | |
| Filomena* | Philomena | ||
| Giacinta, Giachetta | Hyacinth | ||
| Giorgia, Giorgiana, Giorgina | Georgina | ||
| Girolama | Fem of Girolama | ||
| Irene | |||
| Leda | |||
| Leonida | |||
| Lidia | |||
| Margherita | Rita | Margaret | |
| Melissa | |||
| Ofelia | Ophelia | ||
| Olimpia | Olympia | ||
| Pelagia | |||
| Penelope | |||
| Sibilla | Sybil | ||
| Sofia | Sonia (Rus) | Sophia | |
| Sophonsiba (Punic) | |||
| Tea | Thea | ||
| Teodora | Theodora | ||
| Teodosia | Theodosia | ||
| Teresa | Teresina, Tessa | ||
| Veronica | |||
| Zita | Gk zetein to seek or Tuscan zitta girl | ||
| Zoe |
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
Copies may be made for personal use only.