Italian/English names - ideas please!

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My partner is Italian and I am English and I need some ideas for names that would work in the UK and Italy - any ideas? The name I like is a bit out there so I need more inspo

Raphael is not commonly used in Italy, it would be Rafaele. Same for Rafaella.

Both would have a double F.

I really like Raffaella but it is considered quite "frilly". It also gets shortened to Raffa which I'm not keen on but I guess that would be less likely in the UK.

One of my lecturers was Italian, her name was Eleonora.

Laura.
Emma

Massimo
Mattia

Luisella is beautiful

@mimosa1 , it will be said as Louie Seller in the UK.

Italian here. Quite a few names suggested are spelled wrongly, some I literally never heard of and others are very unusual to the point of being a bit embarrassing.
I would suggest to double check any names you like with your husband.
Also, the perspective might change slightly depending on where the child will be raised.

@user1471523870 , which ones are spelled wrongly? Which are so unusual they'd be embarrassing?

I agree with you about where the child will be raised - names like Andrea, Daniele, Michele and Nicola, for example, will be tricky in the UK.

@user1471523870 is right, I'm not Italian and no doubt she'll spot more as an Italian, but:

Antonia= my MIL, very old-fashioned
Belinda= may be used in Italian but I've never come across one in 29 years
Donatella = is a name in its own right, but really short for Donata which is very Mavis
Fabrizia= will not thank you. Any Fabrizia will be 105 and a nun
Katerina = Caterina
Magdalena = Maddalena
Julia= Giulia
Elletra= Elettra- unpleasant sleeping with Dad connotation, never met one. There's a "singer" come "It" girl called Elettra Lamborghini. Think Kardashian but with less class.
Mirabella- may exist, have never heard of one.
Faustina= nun
Fotini= looked this up. It's Greek and most used in Australia. It also shares many letters with a common Italian verb meaning I'm fucked if I'm going to do that/fuck that/fuck you etc.
Rose= Rosa
Sienna= is a city but spelled Siena
Florence= is a city
Annunciata= Annunziata- also 103
Mateo= Matteo
Leo
Arnaud
Belvedere- never heard of it
Cosmo= Cosimo
Dante= his name was Durante
Eduardo- Edoardo
Venezio- never come across this
Lia= Rosalia probably
Luisella= diminutive of Luisa. Just means Little Louise

Disclaimer: None of which matters if the child isn't going to be brought up in Italy, but as the poster above speaking about German names says, it is as well to know if you're about to name your child the Italian equivalent of Adolf, Our Perpetual Lady of Succour, Ermintrude, Mavis, Dwayne or Wolverhampton.

@So1invictus , thanks.
I'd guessed some of them (Annunciata, Matteo, Edoardo, Cosimo, Giulia etc) right.
Belvedere is from Belvidere, and seems more of a house name.

Wow thanks so much for all your responses! @So1invictus thanks for the extra information some of the descriptions really cracked me up!

By work I mean that they aren't deemed to be weird in either country and as @So1invictus helpfully pointed out - 'it is as well to know if you're about to name your child the Italian equivalent of Adolf' 😂

The names I like are Viola (my grandma's name is Violet so it would be inspired by her) or Rosa for a girl and Cosimo (which is the slightly more out there one when used in the UK but could be shortened as a nickname) for a boy but my husband isn't sold on either!

I really like some of the suggestions especially - Luca, Rosa and Ginevra which could be shortened to Ginny in the UK I guess.

We spend a lot of time in Italy and we are planning to eventually move there but we aren't sure when yet😅

I think all your names are great and would work in both countries. Huge soft spot for Viola. Such a lovely flower. ❤️

Please dont call your child after an Italian city. Florence isn't an Italian name.

@Softsoftsleep I actually do love Siena or Sienna but it would definitely not be allowed 😂

Thanks @So1invictus maybe my husband will come around to them😊

My friend is English, her husband is Italian. Their children are called Audrina, Lucia and Gioia.

Spelled wrongly:
Katerina = Caterina
Magdalena = Maddalena
Julia = Giulia
Elletra = Elettra
Rose = Rosa
Mateo = Matteo
Arnaud = not italian, it's French - Italian would be Arnaldo, which is rare and old fashion
Eduardo = Edoardo
Raphaella = Raffaella
Raphael = Raffaele
Corrina = Corinna, but super unusual

Unusual and a bit strange:
Faustina
Felicia
Evangelina
Fotini
Luisella

Def. embarrassing:
Mirabella
Belvedere
Venezio
Cosmo

Agree - I think I wrote pretty much the same, sorry for the duplication!

Rosa and Cosimo are typical old fashion names that are predominantly used in some southern regions where the tradition is to name the child after a grand parent. They carry a heritage in a sense (I don't know if this is correct but it would be like naming a girl Maeve but she's not Irish). If you are ok with that they are not bad names.
Viola is cute and on trend:).

Thanks @user1471523870 💜I think I'll push more for Viola as it's meaningful to me too! And that's good to know about Rosa and Cosimo - my husband couldn't really explain why he doesn't like Cosimo but maybe it's because his family are from Milan so might find it a bit unusual having no connection to the name!

Sorry, no idea how it comes across - Loredana?

My mother was called Amalia or Lia for short.
My family have names like Enzo Pepe, Dario, Carmella, Tonino, Marcello, friend called Fabrizio. Angela, Pasquale, Peppino etc.
Luisa was meant to be my daughters name

Livia?

I have a friend who has Italian children.

Rosabella and brother Alessio