As with most modern countries, the names stock contains borrowings from various countries and periods. Invented names are also found.
| Given Name and Variants | Diminutives and Derivatives | Origin and Meaning |
| Amilcare | Punic, Hamilcar | |
| Annibale | Punic, Hannibal | |
| Arturo | Celtic, Arthur | |
| Asdrubale | Punic, Hasdrubal | |
| Ciro | Gk from Persian, Cyrus | |
| Dario | Gk from Pers Darius | |
| Diego | Spanish | |
| Javier | Spanish, St Francis Xavier | |
| Ladislao | Slavic, Vladislav | |
| Merlino | Celtic 'Myrddin' | |
| Oscar | OE Osgar | |
| Smeraldo | ||
| Vasco | Spn Velasco Basque 'crow' | |
| Venceslao, Venceslas | Slavic | |
| Viviano |
| Given Name and Variants | Diminutives and Derivatives | Origin and Meaning |
| Arabella, Orabella | Eng, from Annabella | |
| Brigida, Brigita, Brigitta | Celtic | |
| Esmeralda, Smeralda | Spanish 'emerald' | |
| Genoveffa, Ginevra | Genevieve | |
| Isolde | Celtic Iseult | |
| Loredana | Inv by Luciano Zuccoli in the novel 'L'amore de Loredana' | |
| Luana | Inv by King Vidor in the film 'The Bird of Paradise'
Venetian surname Loredan |
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| Ornella | Ornetta | Inv by Gabriele dAnnunzio in the novel 'Figlia de Iorio' Tuscan ornello flowering ash tree |
| Pamela | ||
| Sabrina | Celtic, River Severn | |
| Sophonsiba | Punic | |
| Vanessa | ||
| Viviana | ||
| Zenobia |
It is quite common for a child to have a given name formed from a combination of two others. These are usually those of saints (particulary forms of John for boys and Mary for girls).
| Altobianco | Antonfrancesco | Carlomaria |
| Giambattista | Giambono | Giambruno |
| Giampaolo | Giampietro | Gian-Andrea |
| Gianbernard | Gianbonino | Gian-Carlo |
| Giandonato | Gianfrancesco | Gianfranco |
| Gianlorenzo | Gianluca | Gianluigi |
| Gianmaria | Gianpaolo | Gianpiero |
| Marcantonio | Michelangelo | Micheleagno |
| Nicolantonio | Pierangelo | Pierfrancesco |
| Pierluigi | Pieroantonio | Pietrobono |
| Annabella | Annarita | Bonafemina |
| Bonaventura | Mariangela | Maridonna |
| Marilena | Rosangela | Mirabella, Mirella |
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
Copies may be made for personal use only.