Italian / International boys name

[Italophil]

I am looking for Italian boys names that work internationally and can be pronounced (also by myself!!!). DH is Italian. If I cannot find a name that works internationally, i will have to impose an international name on him (although likely to sound like a mafioso given Italian last name ).

What do you think of:
Leone
Tancredi (very Sicilian I know)
Niccolo'
Matteo

Alternative would be Maximilian.

Don't really like the usual "international-sounding" suspects such as Luca, Ludovico, Fabio, Dario, etc

Running out of ideas!! Thanks for your help!

Love Matteo and Leone........

Leone, Tancredi and (to a lesser extend) Niccolo are all exceedingly posh, I really like Matteo, Maximilian very grand.

what's the name of your father in law?

I love Leone and Niccolo!!

Father in law is called Michele. Actually very touchy point, as DH wants Michele. But problem is that often it is pronounced like girl (Michelle) in German, so i hate the idea a bit. Trying to tell him to use it as a middle name.

beforesunrise, how can Leone, Tancredi and Niccolo be posh??? They're not even English... and only here do people worry about poshness and chavviness!

Leonardo?

Don't really like any of the others except perhaps Matteo.

I like Matteo, Maximilian.
What about Frank? (Francesco, or Franco - although that has some negative connotations!)

Like Leonardo, but DH hates it. Guess too much di Caprio.

Michele is a very nice name, though i understand about the pronounciation thing.

incidentally, i find your comment about the mafioso thing slightly offensive, i am sure you didn't it mean it that way, but it grates.

sonnie, i know it's hard to imagine, but there are posh people in italy too!

how about Federico, Damiano, Stefano, Marco, Francesco (please please NOT Frank!), Lorenzo

Vittorio also a very nice and underused name

but, beforesunrise, if Germany is involved then Frank will be the way to go!

Tomas?

i missed the bit about german sorry!

beforesunrise: my apologies, it was not meant in an offensive way, just realistic given the recurrence of own last name in connection with it -- but not meant to insult anyone!

Like Lorenzo a lot. Agree with you, Frank definitely not (does not work in German at all). Federico is brother in law; Damiano no-go for DH; Stefano my brother; Marco does not work in German; dont like Francesco unfort.

how about Andreas? German version of Michele (if your DH is sicilian you will gain a LOT of brownie points for sticking with tradition and going with his father's name, even in a different version).

Cosimo, Bruno, Luca?

I think you might have problems with Leone. I know a couple of English, female Leones. I empathise with the problem though. My DH is Spanish.

Really like Matteo.

How about Nico?
Tobias
Noah
Ellias
Stefan
Jonah

I like Niccolo (nn Nico) and Matteo.

Some names from my family (even though you didn't ask ):

Armando
Francesco
Lucian
Alfonso

do you know for sure it's going to be a boy? Do you have names picked out for a girl?

Leo? Teo?Paolo, Gianni, Gianfranco, Vicenzo, Vito, Antonio/nino, Daniele, Luciano, Tomaso, Domenico, the list is endless! Do you prefer more German or more italian? Got a friend with same issues and she had 2 DDs with names that were the same in English, German and Italian but much harder with boys!!

Thanks a lot, i got lots to think about now!

Sileno?
Jacopo?

I only like Niccolo from your list which is refreshing as I live in a town where Nicola is the patron saint, so am surrounded by Nicola's!

The combo-names like Gianfranco, Gianluca, Pierluigi are the nouveau posh, apparently.

Love Tancredi, but re poshness, the only one I ever met was a principe.

Lorenzo?
Cristoforo?

Dante?
Giacomo (although I could imagine that as being beyond many non Italians pronounciation wise)
Enrico?
Elia (was on my shortlist)
Achille?
Ennea?
Gabriele (v.popular atm)

Beforesunrise - Niccolò is no longer posh, I've heard it screeched across parks by many a "non posh" mother lately.

Emanuele Filiberto?