Italian boys name!

[Stilldreamingofsun]

DH has already said no to Matteo and Luca 😫. Any ideas for an Italian boy name that works in U.K. also? We have Francesca and Alessia picked out for a girl..

Luca
Leonardo (nn Leo)

Stilldreamingofsun

Lapo makes me think of Lapo Elkann.

If you aren't familiar with him google him. It's not something I'd like to think of when I call my kid for his dinner

If you like Alessia you could have Alessio. Other boys I know are Filippo, Jacopo, Nicolò, Bruno, Paolo, Pietro, Oscar, Samuele, Lorenzo, Franceso, Teo, Mattia.

Stilldreaming Rocco may have been one I used

We avoided names beginning with Gi because of spelling difficulties and also because there is a tendency for English-speakers to pronounce the "i" (so Gianni becomes Jee-arnie insteady of Jahnny; Giorgio becomes Jee-or-jee-oh etc).

Have you heard Giacomo pronounced in U.K. 😂😂

Giacomo was one of the ones on our list and it was the potential for mispronunciation/misspelling that put us off. We went with Dante in the end but still find that people pronounce it oddly - Dunte or Donte . I've pointed this out on other threads on Italian names but, strangely, the sorts of names you might find in a Surrey golf club seem to be making a comeback in Italy - in my dad's village we have an Ian, an Alan and a Dennis...

Gioacchino pronunced joackino

Lala - very true! I know a lot of little boys called Denis plus a little "Maicol" and an Alan.

Italian boys I know are called
Rocco
Lorenzo
Gabriele
Calogero (teenager)
All of them have Italian surnames so it really flows smoothly

Cesare
Goffredo
Ottaviano
Marcantonio

Just been watching the series, Borgia

Haha! Good show! Love Cesare in the show but not sure about it as a name!

Does anyone know how Domenico (Dominic) is viewed in Italy these days? Is it seen as old fashioned? Raffaelle is seen as a very uncool name in the north of Italy which is why I ask. I don't want to name him the equivalent of Derek or Keith! I think Dominic might have potential as I love Nico as a nickname

I know loads of Dominicos all under 10.

I also know loads of Raffaeles all under 10 too.

Alessio
Antonio
Amedeo
Carlo
Angelo
Bruno
Dante
Donato
Emilio
Enzo
Jacopo
Leo
Marco
Mario
Nico
Orlando
Rocco
Teo

I love Matteo, Francesco, Nico and Guiseppe

Cesare sounds nice when spoken.

I'm in the North of Italy with three kids (so know lots of classmates!) and the only Domenico I know is in his forties.

Vittorio
Enzo
Cero
Fabrizio
Fabio
Milo
Massimo
Romolo
Tomaso
Donato
Egidio
Renato
Umberto
Gianfranco

Ezio! Although autocorrect thinks I mean exit...