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Italian / classical boys' names

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aromanholiday · 10/07/2012 09:35

Currently living in Italy but likely to move back to the UK in a couple of years time. DP and I have no Italian heritage, but like the idea of a name (probably a middle name, but possibly a first name if we like it enough) for DS which links to the country he will be born in.

I'm not keen on very obviously Italian names, as they sound a bit strange with our English-sounding surname. So thinking of either: an Italian name which also works well in English; a classical / Roman name; or a place name type name, as we have a bit of a tradition of this in our family (examples for girls would be Florence or Siena, but can't think of any for boys).

A few names we've considered already:

Leo / Leone / Leonardo etc
Raphael
Orlando
Cassius
Atticus

Luca would work well in theory, but not so keen for some inexplicable reason.

Would love some more suggestions!

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laptopwieldingharpy · 13/07/2012 12:50

I love balthasar and caesar

hypoxia · 13/07/2012 14:40

How about an Italian name which he could convert to an English name when he's older if he likes?

Francesco could be Frank / Frankie
Giuseppe can be Joe
Giovanni can call himself John

The above are all classic Italian names which won't sound as faddy as some other ones suggested. I also love Lorenzo, but sadly DH doesn't go for Italian names at all!

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