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If my family ever gets another dog, then I'll be ready with these names for my family (mainly to drive them crazy); I've suggested them to mia mamma, ma li odia! Ai mio Dio!

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If the puppy's a boy, then we name him one of these names:

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Adriano
Alberto
Alfredo
Alessandro
Alessio
Alonzo
Amadeo (well, he'd be well-loved...)
Ambrogio
Amando
Anselmo
Antonio
Armando
Arsenio
Aurelio
Baldassare
Bartolomeo
Basilio
Benito
Benvenuto
Bonaventura
Benvoglio
Bonifacio
Caruso (this pup will need a good voice)
Cesare
Colombo
Constantino
Demitrio
Desiderio
Domanico
Durante
Emiliano
Emilio
Ennio
Enrico (This doggie would need a good voice, for his namesake Enrico Caruso)
Ettore
Fabiano
Fabio
Fabrizio (My aunt, on hearing this one, immediately though of Fabio the model.)
Feliciano
Fillipo
Flavio
Francesco
Gaetano
Gerardo
Giacomo
Giancarlo
Gioacchino
Giovanni
Giuliano
Giuseppe
Gregorio
Guido
Leandro
Leonardo
Lorenzo
Luciano (this pup also needs a good voice!)
Luigi/Luigino
Marcello/Marcellino
Marino
Mario
Maurizio
Nicolo
Orsino (well, if the dog looks like a teddy bear...)
Ottaviano
Ottavio
Pasquale
Pelligrino
Pietro
Prospero
Raimondo
Riccardo
Rodrigo
Romano
Romeo
Ruggiero
Salvatore
Sansone
Santo
Sebastiano
Sergio
Silvano
Silvestro
Silvio
Stefano
Terenzio
Tiziano
Valentino
Vico
Vincente/Vincenzo
Vitale
Vito
Vittore
Vittorio

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If the puppy 's a girl, then we name her one of these...

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Adelina
Adriana
Agnese
Agostina
Alba
Albertina
Alessa/Alessandra/Alessia
Allegra
Amanda
Amaranta
Amadea (Well, she'd be well-loved...)
Amelia
Andreina
Angelina
Annalisa
Anselma
Antonia
Arianna
Aurelia
Azzura
Benedetta
Bianca
Bibiana
Brunella
Carmina
Catarina
Cecilia
Celestina
Cesarina
Cinzia
Chiara/Chiarina
Clara/Clarissa
Delfina
Desideria
Domenica
Elettra
Eliana
Emiliana
Evalina
Fabia
Fabiana
Fabiola
Fabrizia
Feliciana
Filmomena
Fiorenza
Francesca
Gabriella
Gialola
Gioconda
Giovanna
Giuliana
Giulietta
Giuseppina
Grazia
Graziana
Liviana
Lorenza
Luciana
Lucrezia
Luigia/Luigina
Maddalena
Marcella/Marcellina
Maria/Marianna/Mimi
Marina
Melania
Mirabella
Natalia
Nicolina
Noelia
Ofelia
Oriana
Orsola
Orsolina (If she looks like a toy bear, then maybe...)
Ottavia
Paolina
Pasqualina
Romana
Romola
Rosalia
Rossana
Salvatrice
Santa (Well, doggies are pretty sacred...)
Santuzza
Sebastiana
Selvaggia
Serafina
Silvana
Silvia
Stefania
Tatiana
Teolfila
Valentina
Tiziana
Valentina
Valeria
Violetta
Vittoria
Vitalia
Zita (fitting for a little girl...!)

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Imagine calling your doggie by one of these names, with a heavily affected Italian accent.