What do you think of these Italian boys' names ?

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Recently found out we're having a boy, now trying to find an Italian name which will sound fine to English speakers too - we live in Italy but I'm from the UK so want something that's not unpronounceable or ridiculous in English.
I don't want to use English name as first name, as we live in Italy and it would get mispronounced on a daily basis.

Obvious choices like Luca, Marco and Matteo (all easy to pronounce) have been vetoed by DH.
Also he would like to call the baby after his father (baby's grandfather) as that is the local tradition here and they are a pretty trad family - one name on the following list is FIL's name but I am not sure I agree with that idea...so am trying to come up with some good alternatives.

So I'm curious to know what people make of these?

Jacopo (J pronounced as a Y so "YA-copoh)
Edoardo
Raffaele (Raff-ah-EH-leh)
Ettore (ETT-oreh)
Niccolo'
Ugo

Bruno

Thanks in advance!

Bruno. It was going to be dd's name if she was a boy.

Edoardo or Bruno. All the others have plenty of scope for mispronunciation in England.

I like all of them except Ugo. I think jacopo is most likely to get mispronounced. Niccolo is my favourite and is easily a Nic/Nicky if he wanted back in the uk.

I like 'Ettore" very much. Heard it in England in fact.

Raffaele, because I love the nn Rafi & it would work in the UK.

Raffaelle raffy for nn.

I don't know why 'Bruno' just makes me think of a snarly brute....Judge brute Bruno...na!

Bruno, Raffaele and Niccolo for me. I know an Italian family living in the UK who have an Emiliano if that helps.

There was no doubt about Ds's name ( Italian great grandfather's plus I like it) but I love Samuele and all its connotations. Obviously Sam wouldn't be a problem for English speakers.

If you like FIL's name -use it. Traditions run deep.

Luciano? Don't mind Raffaele (Rafe for short)

Elio ? I think of your list Bruno sounds the most English. But unless your moving to an out of the way 1950s English town, there are so many unusual names here, it wont matter which you chose.

I've seen Eduardo work in both languages. ( with the u in place of your o).
Bruno is the other least likely to be butchered by an English tounge.
Francesco?

From your list I especially like Edoardo and Ettore, my own favourite is Salvatore nn Salvo.

My DH is Scandinavian. My sons have scandinavian names. Me and Dh wrote a list on names out and gave them to my mum and dad, to see how they would pronounce them. We ruled out any names they couldn't say easily.

I struggle with most of the names you listed to pronounce them. Good luck.

Eduardo and Bruno are the easiest to pronounce in english.

It's a shame about Luca as that is a lovely name.

I'm a fan of Enzo (Lorenzo) but not sure how that's treated in Italy

There's nothing wrong with any of the names, of course, but my initial reaction as an English person with not much knowledge of Italy is

Jacopo - sounds very alien to me
Edoardo - not seen this spelling before but it's obviously a version of Edward. Seems like a sensible name.
Raffaele (Raff-ah-EH-leh) - like this & nn Raff. Not sure I really understand the Italian pronunciation. Seems a but feminine to me but maybe I'm reading it wrong.
Ettore (ETT-oreh) - not heard this before so sounds alien as above, but I actually really like it so will change "alien" to "cool"
Niccolo' - seems like a good safe choice. Same league as Edoardo.
Ugo - looks like Ug. No.
Bruno - easy to pronounce but I really don't like it. It's a dog's name to me I'm afraid!

Yeah, I was going to suggest Enzo - from Lorenzo or Vincenzo.

Edoardo and Niccolo are pretty adaptable, and Bruno is good.

Ettore is much nicer than Hector, I think, but may not be familiar for English speakers.

Raffaele is too much of a mouthful, although I like Rafael (no help, sorry!).

I don't like Jacopo or Ugo.

Thanks for all these opinions.
eltsihT i like your suggestion of giving a list to my relatives to see how they pronounce them
I really like Francesco but it is possibly the top name in Italy at the moment esp in our area. Lorenzo is lovely too, also v popular but we can't use it anyway.

There are lots of Italians round here, so I know LOs with most of the names you mention.

Ug-o is particularly unfortunate pronunciation I have heard. Also Jack-up-o. So I would steer clear of those two, the others I think would work fine.

Have you considered Hugo, but then just saying Ugo with Italian Family and Hugo in UK? He would probably be the only Hugo in his school. or similar (Carlo, known to UK family as Charlie for example)

Also consider
Mario
Marcello
Alessandro

All of which work well

Raffaele could be Raffa for short

Do you like alfonso or Alfredo? Both have scope for 'English sounding' nicknames - Alfie & Freddie?

Bruno is the only name which works easily in English.

Also, it's a brilliant name, and works in several languages.

Edoardo is quite nice, sounds OK in English, although the spelling is obviously very Italian.

Is Leonardo too popular for you?

Hmm, I've always liked Marcello but DH's surname starts with an M, not sure if that matters though!
Leonardo is a great name but for some reason we've never considered it. Yes popular but not overly so down here in the south afaik
Alessandro is lovely but sooo popular and too many friends/cousins with same name, unfortunately

Alfonso and Alfredo I believe are considered rather old fashioned by italians, proper granddad names but not in a good way, though Federico (Freddie) could work...if it weren't so popular.

Gosh this was so much easier with girls names for our DD! Have come to the conclusion that I don't like most Italian boys names. But Edoardo is looking like the best option so far, as an alternative to Raffaele (FIL's name)

Molte grazie for all the feedback!