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DD is being born tomorrow.... vote for your favourite Italian name.

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HeadFairy · 30/12/2009 21:01

We're drowning in suggestions so if anyone has a standout favourite Italian girl's name, please tell me what it is!!

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ilovesprouts · 30/12/2009 23:18

marina

BooHooo · 30/12/2009 23:14

Elisa, Eugenia, Angelina, Agnese, Livia, Katerina

santasmagicnappysack · 30/12/2009 23:06

Chiara is lovely - and i'm sure most people would know how to pronounce it. Neither Catalina nor Katarina are pretensious and both are fabulous. I went out with an scicilian once and was all set to have a Luca and Katarina - but it was not meant to be. Best of luck tomorrow.

MmeLindt · 30/12/2009 22:55

Remembered colleagues called Marelena and Antonella. Lovely names.

lamg · 30/12/2009 22:50

Italian names are the most beautiful ever. So many gorgeous names I hardly know where to start.
Gaia
Carlotta
Chiara
Magdalena
Leonora
Antonia
Elise

All wonderful names and perfect in lots of European languages.

Let us know your decision.

MortaIWombat · 30/12/2009 22:47

Cinzia
Christina

AllQuietOnThePippisFront · 30/12/2009 22:31

Chiara Elise is very nice I agree. You should go for this.

Elisa being the italian version.

Forgot about Livia or Lilia or Liana or Giuliana.

Mia sounds italian but I was told it is actually scandinavian, short for Maria.

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HeadFairy · 30/12/2009 22:31

Can't do Isabella, it's my sisters dd2's name... Italian girls names are nice aren't they? I could just have easily plumped for an Argentine/Spanish name which are also really nice but we thought as ds has an Italian name it might be nice to keep to the Italian theme.

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trixiechick · 30/12/2009 22:26

Chiara and Aurelia are beautiful. I love Isabella. sooo many lovely names, should have married an italian.....

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HeadFairy · 30/12/2009 22:26

Chiara Elise is nice....

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MaggieMnaSneachta · 30/12/2009 22:26

Lidia or Silvia

can't do the accents on my laptop.

MmeLindt · 30/12/2009 22:25

Chiara Francesca is lovely.

Francesca is shortened to Chessy in one of Jilly Cooper's books, I find that pretty.

Silvana is terrible, everyone would think that she was named after Berlusconi.

Not good.

pranma · 30/12/2009 22:24

Sophia

jujubean · 30/12/2009 22:23

Love Elisabetta, very elegant. And I have an Isabella (Bella) so I love that too.

kateecass · 30/12/2009 22:20

Like Chiara.

What about Elise as a middle name.

Aurelia is name of my Italian niece.

Nobody has mentionned Mia??

Missus84 · 30/12/2009 22:20

Chiara Marie
Chiara Sophie

brimfull · 30/12/2009 22:17

Fabiola

I used to know a Ricci and a Mirra

AllQuietOnThePippisFront · 30/12/2009 22:10

Ah what about Fiamma? I loved it for dd2 but only thought about it after she was born and named.

fothergill · 30/12/2009 22:08

neve meaning 'snow'

AllQuietOnThePippisFront · 30/12/2009 22:08

No idea on French names I am afraid. My brain cannot do French. I have a blockage everytime I try to pronouce anything in French.

Elvie?

BellaBalloon · 30/12/2009 22:07

Hi Head
I like francesca and chiara - not so mad on giovanna either
also like viola and violetta
i am jealous too of your bona fide ital connections. my DP'S surname is almost norse sounding it's so anglo saxon and therefore anything 'exotic' just wouldn't go...

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HeadFairy · 30/12/2009 22:03

Ha! dh has just said he's veering back to Chiara now... what middle name would you put with that? To complicate matters further middle name can be French - I have a French grandmother, or Spanish - my mum was born in Argentina. Anything Latin basically!

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abitchilly · 30/12/2009 22:01

Francesca shortened to Frankie these days too. Love it.

Missus84 · 30/12/2009 22:00

Chiara is lovely.

CantSleepWontSleep · 30/12/2009 22:00

Antonella.

I thought that Aurelia was french rather than italian ?

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