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AnnaLiza · 28/07/2012 22:28

OH is Italian. Any English name for DS would make him sound like a character from the Godfather so WWYD? Go for all Italian name and surname or not? What do you think of these names:
Luca
Francesco
Matteo

TIA

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HolyOlympicNamechangeBatman · 29/07/2012 01:34

Love Luca and Matteo. Luca is quite popular though DC2 has 3 in his class! Fancesco is nice if you're in Italy, but I think it's too similar to Francessca for England, unless you call him Frankie.

I honestly wouldn't worry about the 'sounding like a character from the Godfather' though. I can't imagine it's a very popular playground taunt!

toomuch2young · 29/07/2012 15:30

Lovely names. Have a soft spot for Italian names.
Other good Italian names that work in England are - Dante, Arlo, Guy, Lanzo,

Ruprekt · 29/07/2012 15:32

DH is Italian and called Luca.

I think you can get away with italian or english names.

We went for English names.

Luca is VERY popular atm but italian boys names are tricky and not all of them are nice.

My favourite ones are Luca and Matteo.

Dario is lovely too. Marco??

AKMD · 29/07/2012 17:30

Matteo is a good name; I like Mattia too. Also like:

Davide
Alessio
Gui/Guy
Marc/Marco

I like Andrea too but would steer clear in the UK!

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