We don’t know yet if we’re having a boy or a girl, but my partner and I both have Italian connections and we have been thinking lately that it might be nice to honour this in our choice of baby name. The trouble is the surname and middle name (a family name that we will definitely use) are very British, so we would like an Italian name that has come into use in English a bit / doesn’t sound too Italian to avoid it clashing with the other names. These seem particularly hard to think of for boys, and to complicate matters further, I don’t particularly like long/frilly names, which rules out a lot of girl options. We already have a Gemma in the family so can’t use that.
If anyone has any ideas, that would be great! Thank you in advance!