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Help[Opinions] Strange Italian names
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1 Angelo Salvatore (m, literally "saviour angel")
2 Scolastica (f, Scholastica but also literally "scholastic, educational")
3 Greco (f, literally "greek")
4 Catena (f, literally "chain")
5 Rossa (f, literally "red", Rossella is the common form while Rossa is extremely rare)
6 Crocifisso (m, literally "crucifix")
7 Amabile (m & f, literally "lovable, amiable")
8 Fortuna (f, literally "luck, fate")
9 Selvaggia (f, literally "savage, wild")
10 Natale (m, literally "Christmas")
11 Macchia (f, literally "spot, mole" or also "brush, scrub, forest")
12 Lardo (m, literally "lard")
13 Fortunata and Fortunato (literally "lucky")
14 Santo and Santa (literally "saint")
15 Killer
16 Rivo, Luzio and Nario (siblings) that together make the word rivoluzionario meaning "revolutionary")
17 Antevleva (f, literally "I didn't want you" in a northern dialect, because in the family there were already a lot of girls)
18 Athos, Porthos, Kocis and Eros (siblings)
19 Rosimbo (m)
20 Rizziero (m)
WDYTO them?
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
1 Angelo Salvatore (m, literally "saviour angel")
2 Scolastica (f, Scholastica but also literally "scholastic, educational")
3 Greco (f, literally "greek")
4 Catena (f, literally "chain")
5 Rossa (f, literally "red", Rossella is the common form while Rossa is extremely rare)
6 Crocifisso (m, literally "crucifix")
7 Amabile (m & f, literally "lovable, amiable")
8 Fortuna (f, literally "luck, fate")
9 Selvaggia (f, literally "savage, wild")
10 Natale (m, literally "Christmas")
11 Macchia (f, literally "spot, mole" or also "brush, scrub, forest")
12 Lardo (m, literally "lard")
13 Fortunata and Fortunato (literally "lucky")
14 Santo and Santa (literally "saint")
15 Killer
16 Rivo, Luzio and Nario (siblings) that together make the word rivoluzionario meaning "revolutionary")
17 Antevleva (f, literally "I didn't want you" in a northern dialect, because in the family there were already a lot of girls)
18 Athos, Porthos, Kocis and Eros (siblings)
19 Rosimbo (m)
20 Rizziero (m)
WDYTO them?
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
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Where did you find these? Is the woman named Antevleva still living today, or is that an example from several generations ago?
As for #18: Why did they stop with their "Three Musketeers" theme after two? I found an Italian immigrant family in the US census that had four sons named Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan. :)
My Italian name dictionary says that Catena is a Marian devotion name, from churches in Sicily called "Maria Santissima della Catena", so it's parallel with Spanish names like Pilar and Dolores.
As for #18: Why did they stop with their "Three Musketeers" theme after two? I found an Italian immigrant family in the US census that had four sons named Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan. :)
My Italian name dictionary says that Catena is a Marian devotion name, from churches in Sicily called "Maria Santissima della Catena", so it's parallel with Spanish names like Pilar and Dolores.
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Interesting that Amabile can be m and f: Mabel and Amabel are strictly girls-only.
Selvaggia is unlike anything else. A strange look and sound, and a very strange meaning. Perhaps it's tempting Fate and she'll grow up to be very diligent, quiet and respectable.
Lardo is unkind. But, Lardner is an English ln meaning 'the person in charge of the larder' or room for storing food, lard being pork fat. That seems quite OK, somehow, but Lardo really does not.
The revolutionary threesome is fascinating! They sound just like names - unfamiliar but convincing! And, how did the parents know they'd have three boys? Rivo, Luzio and Annamaria would just be sad.
And, on the subject of siblings, whyever use Kocis and Eros when Aramis and D'Artagnan are available? OK, Aramis is a line of male cosmetics ... perhaps not the best!
Antevleva deserves special treatment. Giving a name with that kind of very personal meaning is not unexpected in African societies, or there is also the old superstition that giving a child a name with a positive meaning could anger the gods, so rather give a negative name so they won't get jealous and bring death or bad luck to that child. But in a modern Western society, it does seem harsh.
Selvaggia is unlike anything else. A strange look and sound, and a very strange meaning. Perhaps it's tempting Fate and she'll grow up to be very diligent, quiet and respectable.
Lardo is unkind. But, Lardner is an English ln meaning 'the person in charge of the larder' or room for storing food, lard being pork fat. That seems quite OK, somehow, but Lardo really does not.
The revolutionary threesome is fascinating! They sound just like names - unfamiliar but convincing! And, how did the parents know they'd have three boys? Rivo, Luzio and Annamaria would just be sad.
And, on the subject of siblings, whyever use Kocis and Eros when Aramis and D'Artagnan are available? OK, Aramis is a line of male cosmetics ... perhaps not the best!
Antevleva deserves special treatment. Giving a name with that kind of very personal meaning is not unexpected in African societies, or there is also the old superstition that giving a child a name with a positive meaning could anger the gods, so rather give a negative name so they won't get jealous and bring death or bad luck to that child. But in a modern Western society, it does seem harsh.
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