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Help[Opinions] Re: Italian names, WDYTO them?
in reply to a message by Felie
Rating them from least to most favourite, just for fun.
Bortolo: Belotti, antifascist politician who initially supported Mussolini but then turned against him. That would make him a decent enough namesake were it not for the fact his name sound absolutely hideous.
Dino: saur. Sounds like the name of an eccentric Greek philosopher who children would giggle at during history lessons.
Andreina: unappealing sound. I want to spell it Andreína to change it from an-DRAIN-a to an-dreh-EE-na, which is marginally better.
Guido: the "GWEED" sound is horrid.
Clelia: sounds strange and unattractive, vaguely mathematical.
Luigi: inseparable from the video game character.
Gaetano: at least it's less feeble than the Polish Kajetan. Still, not much going for it.
Fabio: ehh. I dislike Fabian too, but Fabio is worse.
Benito: the sound is silly, and the associations with Mussolini and Juarez are deeply off-putting.
Palma: about as silly as naming a child palm in my language.
Enrica: I dislike the sound.
Carla: frumpy. As far as feminine forms of Charles go, I prefer Charlotte.
Giacobbe: I dislike most forms of Jacob, this one included - they all sound so heavy, unlike James.
Paolina: looks like a typo of Paulina.
Giuseppe: sounds like a cliché, and I dislike its nicknames.
Franco: Francisco. Far from an honourable namesake.
Adriano: ostentatious.
Giulio: uninspiring.
Gina Maria: ditto, but slowly getting there.
Nicola: alright on a boy, grim on a girl.
Pierantonio: unobjectionable.
Cecilia: beautifully with the se-SEEL-ya pronunciation, acceptable with the Italian one.
Zelia: it would be a marvellous name were it not for the fact that it's a genus of flies.
Vincenzo: NMS, but not bad. I suppose it has a raffish air, in a cheap paperback edition of a romance novel kind of way.
Giovanna: I like Giovanni, but Giovanna feels like it's missing something.
Celestino: looks glorious, but the sound leaves much to be desired.
Angela: very pedestrian, and I can't stand Angie.
Felice: nothing special, but it's not a bad name by any means.
Pietro: all right.
Angelina: I dislike the association with Angelina Jolie, but it's decent other than that.
Teresa: slowly getting to the names I like. Old-fashioned, but pretty.
Sonia: I love how international it sounds: Eastern European and South Asian. It's bit childish, though - it'd make a good name for a dog as it's similar to the Polish sunia, meaning bitch (as in female dog), but in an affectionate way.
Adelino: cool! We don't have enough ornate masculine names.
Floriano: fancy.
Amalia: technically alluring, but there's not much there. I prefer the similar Emilia or Amalthea.
Augusta: I prefer aw-GUS-tə, but like both pronunciations. It's so stately and grandiose.
Maria Rosa: I want to spell it María Rosa so it's even more elaborate in that Brazilian telenovela way.
Giovanni: I love it. I know it must sound basic to Italian speakers, but it feels magical to me, it reminds me of a starry night.
Maria: it's my name, so I'm biased, but I enjoy it immensely.
Anna: beautiful. Anne has been growing on me too.
Mirella: wonderfully pretty and frilly in a unpretentious way.
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
Bortolo: Belotti, antifascist politician who initially supported Mussolini but then turned against him. That would make him a decent enough namesake were it not for the fact his name sound absolutely hideous.
Dino: saur. Sounds like the name of an eccentric Greek philosopher who children would giggle at during history lessons.
Andreina: unappealing sound. I want to spell it Andreína to change it from an-DRAIN-a to an-dreh-EE-na, which is marginally better.
Guido: the "GWEED" sound is horrid.
Clelia: sounds strange and unattractive, vaguely mathematical.
Luigi: inseparable from the video game character.
Gaetano: at least it's less feeble than the Polish Kajetan. Still, not much going for it.
Fabio: ehh. I dislike Fabian too, but Fabio is worse.
Benito: the sound is silly, and the associations with Mussolini and Juarez are deeply off-putting.
Palma: about as silly as naming a child palm in my language.
Enrica: I dislike the sound.
Carla: frumpy. As far as feminine forms of Charles go, I prefer Charlotte.
Giacobbe: I dislike most forms of Jacob, this one included - they all sound so heavy, unlike James.
Paolina: looks like a typo of Paulina.
Giuseppe: sounds like a cliché, and I dislike its nicknames.
Franco: Francisco. Far from an honourable namesake.
Adriano: ostentatious.
Giulio: uninspiring.
Gina Maria: ditto, but slowly getting there.
Nicola: alright on a boy, grim on a girl.
Pierantonio: unobjectionable.
Cecilia: beautifully with the se-SEEL-ya pronunciation, acceptable with the Italian one.
Zelia: it would be a marvellous name were it not for the fact that it's a genus of flies.
Vincenzo: NMS, but not bad. I suppose it has a raffish air, in a cheap paperback edition of a romance novel kind of way.
Giovanna: I like Giovanni, but Giovanna feels like it's missing something.
Celestino: looks glorious, but the sound leaves much to be desired.
Angela: very pedestrian, and I can't stand Angie.
Felice: nothing special, but it's not a bad name by any means.
Pietro: all right.
Angelina: I dislike the association with Angelina Jolie, but it's decent other than that.
Teresa: slowly getting to the names I like. Old-fashioned, but pretty.
Sonia: I love how international it sounds: Eastern European and South Asian. It's bit childish, though - it'd make a good name for a dog as it's similar to the Polish sunia, meaning bitch (as in female dog), but in an affectionate way.
Adelino: cool! We don't have enough ornate masculine names.
Floriano: fancy.
Amalia: technically alluring, but there's not much there. I prefer the similar Emilia or Amalthea.
Augusta: I prefer aw-GUS-tə, but like both pronunciations. It's so stately and grandiose.
Maria Rosa: I want to spell it María Rosa so it's even more elaborate in that Brazilian telenovela way.
Giovanni: I love it. I know it must sound basic to Italian speakers, but it feels magical to me, it reminds me of a starry night.
Maria: it's my name, so I'm biased, but I enjoy it immensely.
Anna: beautiful. Anne has been growing on me too.
Mirella: wonderfully pretty and frilly in a unpretentious way.
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
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