Migliore's Personal Name List

From the Hebrew name ץְפַןְיָה (Tsefanya) meaning "Yahweh has hidden", derived from צָפַן (tsafan) meaning "to hide" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Zephaniah.

A Venetian form of Gianni. Zanni or Zani is a comic figure in the 'Commedia dell'arte', which is the origin of the English word zany.

Alternate transcription of Arabic زكريّا (see Zakariyya).

Archaic Italian form of Vincentius. This was used in Shakespeare's comedy 'Taming of the Shrew' (1593).

Diminutive of Ventura.

Italian form of Theudewald.

Derived from Latin temperantia "moderation, sobriety, temperance, self control".

Italian variant of Tatiana.

Italian form of Stephen.

Italian, Polish and Greek feminine form of Stephen.

Italian form of Simon 1.

Spanish form of Simon 1. This name was borne by the South American revolutionary Simón Bolívar (1783-1830).

Roman cognomen meaning "of the woods", derived from Latin silva meaning "wood, forest". Silvanus was the Roman god of forests. This name appears in the New Testament belonging to one of Saint Paul's companions, also called Silas.

The name of a companion of Saint Paul in the New Testament. It is probably a short form of Silvanus, a name that Paul calls him by in the epistles. It is possible that Silvanus and Silas were Latin and Greek forms of the Hebrew name Saul (via Aramaic).

As an English name it was not used until after the Protestant Reformation. It was utilized by George Eliot for the title character in her novel Silas Marner (1861).

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Severinus.

Alternate transcription of Russian Севастьян (see Sevastyan).

Derived from Latin september "September".

Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Rufinus.

Venetian form of Riccardo.

Diminutive of Reine.

Means "my secret is God" in Hebrew. This is the name of an archangel in Jewish tradition.

Italian form of Raphael.

Italian form of Raphael.

Italian and Corsican form of Prudentia.

Created by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his poem Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Chrétien may have derived the name from Old French perce val "pierce the valley", or he may have based it loosely on the Welsh name Peredur [1]. In the poem Perceval is a boy from Wales who hopes to become a knight under King Arthur. Setting out to prove himself, he eventually comes to the castle of the Fisher King and is given a glimpse of the Grail.

Feminine diminutive of Nicola 1.

Diminutive of Niccolo.

Variant of Matteo.

Variant of Maximilian.

Norwegian and Swedish form of Mateo or Matteo.

Italian form of Maximus.

Italian form of Mansuetus. It is borne by the Italian Catholic bishop Mansueto Bianchi (1949-); other known bearers include the Italian basso profondo opera singer Mansueto Gaudio (1873-1941) and Italian composer Mansueto Viezzer (1925-2009).

Fijian and Tongan form of Malachi, as well as a modern English variant.

Italian form of Lucretia.

Italian form of Lazarus. In the past it was used as an Italian word meaning "leper".

From a surname that has several different origins. It could be from the Old English given names Cyneric "royal power" or Cenric "bold power", or from the Welsh name Cynwrig "chief hero". It can also be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Mac Eanraig meaning "son of Henry".

As an American given name, it got a boost in popularity in 2012 after the rapper Kendrick Lamar (1987-) released his debut album.

Means "second of twins" in Luganda.

Meaning uncertain, possibly a Frisian diminutive of Gerhard, Nicolaas, Cornelis or Gaius [1]. It is borne by a boy captured by the Snow Queen in an 1844 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Spreading from Germany and Scandinavia, this name became popular in the English-speaking world and other places in Western Europe around the end of the 20th century.

From the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning unknown, of Etruscan origin. The spelling was later altered to resemble Latin ignis "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch who was thrown to wild beasts by Emperor Trajan, and by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), founder of the Jesuits, whose real birth name was in fact Íñigo.

The name is derived from the Latin word humilis "humble".

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Gustav.

Italian form of Gratianus (see Gratian).

Medieval Italian diminutive of Giuseppe, as -uccio is an Italian masculine diminutive suffix.

Medieval Italian diminutive of Gentile, as -uccio is an Italian masculine diminutive suffix.

Medieval Italian name derived from Latin galilaeus meaning "Galilean, from Galilee". Galilee is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the New Testament as the site of several of Jesus's miracles. It is derived from the Hebrew root גָּלִיל (galil) meaning "district, roll".

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an important Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer. Both his name and surname were from an earlier 15th-century ancestor (a doctor).

Feminine form of Galileo.

Italian form of Fulgentius (see Fulgencio).

Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Fortunatus meaning "fortunate, blessed, happy". This was the name of several early saints and martyrs.

Means "strong arm" in Italian, as it is derived from Italian forte meaning "strong" combined with Italian braccio meaning "arm" (the plural form is bracci).

This is a nickname that was also used as a given name in medieval Italy. Nowadays it solely exists as both a descriptive and a patronymic surname.

Latin form of Flavian.

Italian form of Flavian.

From the Roman family name Flavianus, which was derived from Flavius. This was the name of several early saints including a 5th-century patriarch of Constantinople who was beaten to death.

Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Lithuanian form of Philomena.

Italian form of Philip.

Diminutive of Fiamma. This is the name of a character appearing in several works by the 14th-century Italian author Boccaccio. She was probably based on the Neapolitan noblewoman Maria d'Aquino.

Italian form of Fabricius (see Fabrice).

Medieval Spanish variant and Louisiana Spanish form of Esteban.

Spanish form of Stephen.

Variant of Emanuele.

Derived from Proto-Germanic þrūþ "strength" as well as a diminutive of various names beginning with this element.

Italian form of Domitius.

Feminine diminutive of the Roman family name Domitius. This was the name of the wife of the Roman emperor Vespasian and the mother of emperors Titus and Domitian.

From the Late Latin name Dominicus meaning "of the Lord". This name was traditionally given to a child born on Sunday. Several saints have borne this name, including the 13th-century founder of the Dominican order of friars. It was in this saint's honour that the name was first used in England, starting around the 13th century. It has historically seen more use among Catholics.

Italian form of Dominicus (see Dominic). Domenico Veneziano was a Renaissance painter who lived in Florence.

Derived from Greek δυσδαίμων (dysdaimon) meaning "ill-fated". This is the name of the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play Othello (1603).

From the Roman cognomen Crispinus, which was derived from the name Crispus. Saint Crispin was a 3rd-century Roman who was martyred with his twin brother Crispinian in Gaul. They are the patrons of shoemakers. They were popular saints in England during the Middle Ages, and the name has occasionally been used since that time.

Feminine form of Bonizone. The Blessed Bonizella or Bonizzella Cacciaconti (1235-1300) was a Sienese widow who devoted her time and money to the poor after the death of her husband, Naddo Piccolomini.

Feminine form of Bonifacio.

Diminutive of Bill. It is also used as a feminine form of William.

From Latin bella meaning "beautiful" and vita meaning "life".

Italian and Spanish form of Basil 1.

Means "azure, sky blue" in Italian.

Latinized form of Greek Ἀττικός (Attikos) meaning "from Attica", referring to the region surrounding Athens in Greece. This name was borne by a few notable Greeks from the Roman period (or Romans of Greek background). The author Harper Lee used the name in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) for an Alabama lawyer who defends a black man accused of raping a white woman.

Italian diminutive of Antonia.

Diminutive of Antonio.