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Help[Opinions] Needing an old Italian name for my daughter
So i saw a psychic today and she said that in a past life my daughter was a Contessa in Italy. As a baby, my girl is very serious and, well, royal. :) Her name is just not fitting her as she reveals more of her personaity to us.
i love old names. And it must be lyrical. My first daughter's name is Delia, so nothing rhyming with that. :)
Thanks, name buffs!! (Yes, i posted before, but this is new!)
tara
i love old names. And it must be lyrical. My first daughter's name is Delia, so nothing rhyming with that. :)
Thanks, name buffs!! (Yes, i posted before, but this is new!)
tara
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How sweet. Anything but Sophia, I beg you. Dime a dozen at the moment.
I have a book entitled, "Uppity Women of the Renaissance," by Vicki Leon. It has many stories of women from all over Europe, including Italy of course. Here are some suggestions from the book:
Barbara (Strozzi), Maddalana (Casulana) and Tarquinia (Molza) -- 3 composers
Francesca and Settimia (Caccini) -- musical sisters (composers)
Elisabetta (Sirana) -- painter
Maria (de Medici)
Olympia* (Maidalchini*) -- daughter of Pope Innocent X
Ersilia (Santa Croce), Beatrice (Cenci), Lucrezia (Petroni) -- rich women with soap opera style lives
Catarucia (Zane) -- jailed for running away with her lover.
Cristina (Dandalo) -- bailed out Catarucia Zane.
Cassandra (Fedele) -- intellectual
Franchesina* (Sorenzo) -- wife of the Doge (= Duke) of Venice.
Julia (Lombardo) -- Ventian cortesan
Olimpia (Morata) -- intellectual
Prudenza (da Contralto), Madalena (dal Violin), Zabetta (Incurabili) -- musicians
Arcangela (Tarabotti) -- author
Elena (Piscopia) -- noblewoman turned nun and intellectual
Caterina (de Pazzi) -- noblewoman turned nun and painter
Isotta and Ginevra (Nogarola) -- ointellectual sisters
Alessandra (Bocchineri) -- wrote letters to Galileo
Marina (Gamba) -- bore children of Galileo
I have a book entitled, "Uppity Women of the Renaissance," by Vicki Leon. It has many stories of women from all over Europe, including Italy of course. Here are some suggestions from the book:
Barbara (Strozzi), Maddalana (Casulana) and Tarquinia (Molza) -- 3 composers
Francesca and Settimia (Caccini) -- musical sisters (composers)
Elisabetta (Sirana) -- painter
Maria (de Medici)
Olympia* (Maidalchini*) -- daughter of Pope Innocent X
Ersilia (Santa Croce), Beatrice (Cenci), Lucrezia (Petroni) -- rich women with soap opera style lives
Catarucia (Zane) -- jailed for running away with her lover.
Cristina (Dandalo) -- bailed out Catarucia Zane.
Cassandra (Fedele) -- intellectual
Franchesina* (Sorenzo) -- wife of the Doge (= Duke) of Venice.
Julia (Lombardo) -- Ventian cortesan
Olimpia (Morata) -- intellectual
Prudenza (da Contralto), Madalena (dal Violin), Zabetta (Incurabili) -- musicians
Arcangela (Tarabotti) -- author
Elena (Piscopia) -- noblewoman turned nun and intellectual
Caterina (de Pazzi) -- noblewoman turned nun and painter
Isotta and Ginevra (Nogarola) -- ointellectual sisters
Alessandra (Bocchineri) -- wrote letters to Galileo
Marina (Gamba) -- bore children of Galileo
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Very pretty names, love Cosima and Isotta.
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I think that if she is serious and royal like then perhaps COnstanza would work.
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The thing with Italian names, according to my mother who was born and raised there, is that many of the names that seem very glamorous to us, like Serafina, Carmela, Concetta, are considered kind of "trashy", or to be less harsh, trendy names (albeit names that have been around for a while) in Italy. It's hard to distinguish between these names and names with a more "dignified" connotation, but some are:
Alessandra
Mariana
Sofia
Lucretia
Livia
ETA: Antonia, Caterina, Giuliana
Alessandra
Mariana
Sofia
Lucretia
Livia
ETA: Antonia, Caterina, Giuliana
This message was edited 4/7/2007, 12:08 PM
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