Diccionario de nombres
200 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ABRAMO
Italian form of ABRAHAM.
ADA
Short form of ADELAIDE and other names beginning with the same sound. This name was borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852...
ADALBERTO
Variant of ALBERTO.
ADELE
Form of ADÈLE.
ADEMARO
Italian form of Audamar (see OTMAR).
ADRIANO
Italian and Portuguese form of ADRIAN.
ABELE
Italian form of ABEL.
ACHILLE
French and Italian form of ACHILLES.
ADAMO
Italian form of ADAM.
ADELAIDE
From the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and heid "kind, so...
ADELARDO
Spanish and Italian form of ADALHARD.
ADELINA
Latinate diminutive of ADELA.
ADOLFO
Italian and Spanish form of ADOLF.
ADRIANA
Feminine form of ADRIAN.
AGAPITO
From the Late Latin name Agapitus or Agapetus which was derived from the Greek name Αγαπητος (Agapetos) meaning "beloved...
AGNESE
Italian and Latvian form of AGNES.
AGOSTINA
Italian feminine form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
AGOSTINO
Italian form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).
AGATA
Cognate of AGATHA.
ALBA (1)
This name is derived from two distinct names, ALBA (2) and ALBA (3), with distinct origins, Latin and Germanic. Over t...
ALBANO
Italian form of Albanus (see ALBAN).
ALCIDE
Italian and French form of ALCIDES.
ALDO
Originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element ald "old", and possibly also with adal "noble".
ALESSA
Short form of ALESSANDRA.
ALESSANDRO
Italian form of ALEXANDER. A famous bearer was Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), the Italian physicist who invented the batt...
ALESSIO
Italian form of ALEXIS.
ALFEO
Italian form of ALPHAEUS.
ALFONSO
Spanish and Italian form of a Visigothic Germanic name, probably meaning "noble and ready", from the element adal "noble...
ALICE
From the Old French name Aalis, a short form of Adelais, itself a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis (see ADELAI...
ALINA
Short form of ADELINA and names that end in alina.
ALMA (1)
This name became popular after the Battle of Alma (1854), which took place near the River Alma in Crimea and ended in a ...
ALOISIO
Italian form of ALOYSIUS.
ALBERICO
Italian form of ALBERICH.
ALBERTA
Feminine form of ALBERT. This is the name of a Canadian province, which was named in honour of a daughter of Queen Victo...
ALBERTINA
Feminine diminutive of ALBERT.
ALBERTO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALBERT.
ALBINA
Feminine form of ALBINUS. Saint Albina was a 3rd-century martyr from Caesarea.
ALBINO
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of ALBINUS.
ALDA (1)
Feminine form of ALDO.
ALE (1)
Finnish short form of ALEKSANTERI or ALEKSI, an Italian short form of ALESSANDRO, and a Spanish short form of ALEJANDRO ...
ALESSANDRA
Italian form of ALEXANDRA.
ALESSIA
Italian feminine form of ALEXIS.
ALEX
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.
ALEXANDRA
Feminine form of ALEXANDER. In Greek mythology this was a Mycenaean epithet of the goddess Hera, and an alternate name o...
ALFONSINA
Italian feminine form of ALFONSO.
ALFREDA
Feminine form of ALFRED.
ALFREDO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ALFRED.
ALLEGRA
Means "cheerful, lively" in Italian. It is not a traditional Italian name. It was borne by a short-lived illegitimate da...
ALONZO
Italian variant of ALFONSO.
AMANDO
Portuguese, Spanish and Italian form of AMANDUS.
AMARANTA
Spanish and Italian form of AMARANTHA.
AMBROGINO
Diminutive of AMBROGIO.
AMORE
Italian form of AMOR.
ANASTASIO
Italian and Spanish form of ANASTASIUS.
ALVISE
Venetian form of LOUIS.
AMADEO
Italian variant of AMADEUS. This was the name of a 19th-century king of Spain (born in Italy).
AMALIA
Latinized form of the Germanic name Amala, a short form of names beginning with the element amal meaning "work".
AMANDA
In part this is a feminine form of AMANDUS. However, it was not used during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century it was ...
AMATO
Italian form of AMATUS.
AMATORE
Italian form of AMATOR.
AMBRA
Italian cognate of AMBER.
AMBROGIO
Italian form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).
AMEDEA
Italian feminine form of AMADEUS.
AMEDEO
Italian form of AMADEUS. A notable bearer of this name was Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), an Italian chemist most famous f...
AMELIA
Variant of AMALIA, though it is sometimes confused with EMILIA, which has a different origin. The name became popular in...
AMERIGO
Medieval Italian form of EMMERICH. Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512) was the Italian explorer who gave the continent of Ameri...
AMILCARE
Italian form of HAMILCAR.
AMPELIO
Italian form of Ampelius, the Latin form of the Greek name Αμπελιος (Ampelios), which was derived from αμπελος (ampelos)...
ANACLETO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANACLETUS.
ANASTASIA
Feminine form of ANASTASIUS. This was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint who was martyred during the persecutions...
ANDREA (1)
Italian form of Andreas (see ANDREW). A notable bearer of this name was Andrea Verrocchio, a Renaissance sculptor who ta...
ANDREINA
Feminine form of ANDREA (1).
ANGELO
Italian form of Angelus (see ANGEL).
ANGIOLO
Variant of ANGELO.
ANNA
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including...
ANNABELLA
Latinate form of ANNABEL. It can also be taken as a combination of ANNA and BELLA.
ANNALISA
Combination of ANNA and LISA.
ANNETTA
Latinate diminutive of ANNA.
ANNUNCIATA
Variant of ANNUNZIATA.
ANNUNZIATO
Masculine form of ANNUNZIATA.
ANSELMO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of ANSELM.
ANTELMO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ANTHELM.
ANTONELLO
Diminutive of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIETTA
Diminutive of ANTONIA.
ANTONINO
Italian form of the Roman name Antoninus, which was derived from Antonius (see ANTHONY). There were several early saints...
ANTONIO
Spanish and Italian form of Antonius (see ANTHONY). A famous bearer was the Italian Renaissance painter Antonio Pisanell...
ANGELA
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL). As an English name, it came into use in the 18th century.
ANGELICA
Derived from Latin angelicus meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek αγγελος (angelos) "messenger". The poets Boi...
ANGELINA
Latinate diminutive of ANGELA. A famous bearer is American actress Angelina Jolie (1975-).
ANGELINO
Diminutive of ANGELO or ÁNGEL.
ANNAMARIA
Combination of ANNA and MARIA.
ANNIBALE
Italian form of HANNIBAL.
ANNUNZIATA
Means "announced" in Italian, referring to the event in the New Testament in which the angel Gabriel tells the Virgin Ma...
ANSALDO
Italian form of a Germanic name composed of the elements ans "god" and wald "power, leader, ruler".
ANSELMA
Feminine form of ANSELM.
ANTONELLA
Feminine diminutive of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONIA
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).
ANTONINA
Feminine form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO).
APOLLONIA
Feminine form of APOLLONIOS. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint and martyr from Alexandria.
ARDUINO
Italian form of HARTWIN.
ARIANNA
Italian form of ARIADNE.
ARISTIDE
French and Italian form of ARISTIDES.
ARLOTTO
Medieval Italian name, recorded in Latin as Arlotus. It is possibly from Old French herlot meaning "vagabond, tramp".
ARMIDA
Probably created by the 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso for his epic poem 'Jerusalem Delivered' (1580). In the ...
ARNALDO
Italian form of ARNOLD.
ARNOLFO
Italian form of ARNULF.
ARSENIO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of ARSENIOS.
ARTURO
Italian and Spanish form of ARTHUR.
ARCANGELO
Means "archangel" in Italian.
ARDITO
Derived from medieval Italian ardito "bold".
ARMANDO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of HERMAN.
AROLDO
Italian form of HAROLD.
ARRIGO
Italian form of HENRY.
ARTEMIO
Italian and Spanish form of ARTEMIOS.
ASIA (1)
From the name of the continent, which is perhaps derived from Akkadian asu, meaning "east".
AUGUSTA
Feminine form of AUGUSTUS. It was introduced to Britain when king George III, a member of the German House of Hanover, g...
AUGUSTO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of AUGUSTUS.
AURELIA
Feminine form of AURELIUS.
AURELIANO
Spanish and Italian form of AURELIANUS.
AURORA
Means "dawn" in Latin. Aurora was the Roman goddess of the morning. It has occasionally been used as a given name since ...
ASSUNTA
Italian cognate of ASUNCIÓN.
ATTILIO
Italian form of the Roman family name Atilius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. Marcus Atilius Regulus was a Roman c...
AURELIANA
Feminine form of AURELIANUS.
AURELIO
Italian and Spanish form of AURELIUS.
AZZURRA
Means "azure, sky blue" in Italian.
BALBINO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of BALBINUS.
BALDASSARE
Italian form of BALTHAZAR.
BARBARA
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign". According to legend, Saint Barbara was a young woman killed by...
BASILIO
Italian and Spanish form of BASIL (1).
BATTISTA
Italian form of BAPTISTE.
BALBINA
Feminine form of BALBINUS. Saint Balbina was a 2nd-century Roman woman martyred with her father Quirinus.
BALDO
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element bald "bold, brave", such as BALDOVINO and TEOBALDO.
BALDOVINO
Italian form of BALDWIN.
BARTOLO
Italian short form of BARTHOLOMEW.
BARTOLOMEO
Italian form of BARTHOLOMEW.
BENEDETTA
Italian feminine form of BENEDICT.
BENIAMINO
Italian form of BENJAMIN.
BENIGNO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of the Late Latin name Benignus which meant "kind, friendly" in Latin. This was the...
BENVENUTO
Means "welcome" in Italian. A famous bearer was the Italian Renaissance sculptor and writer Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571...
BERNARDINA
Italian feminine diminutive of BERNARDO.
BERNARDINO
Diminutive of BERNARDO.
BERNARDO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of BERNARD.
BERTA
Form of BERTHA.
BERTO
Short form of ROBERTO, ALBERTO, and other names containing bert (often derived from the Germanic element beraht meaning ...
BERTOLDO
Italian form of BERTHOLD.
BETTINA (2)
Diminutive of BENEDETTA.
BIAGGIO
Variant of BIAGIO.
BIAGIO
Italian form of BLAISE.
BIBIANA
Possibly an early variant of VIVIANA. Alternatively, it may be a feminine derivative of the earlier Roman cognomen VIBIA...
BEATRICE
Italian form of BEATRIX. Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290) was the woman who was loved by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri....
BENEDETTO
Italian form of Benedictus (see BENEDICT).
BENIGNA
Feminine form of BENIGNO.
BENITO
Spanish form of BENEDICT. This name was borne by Mexican president Benito Juárez, and also by Benito Mussolini (who was ...
BEPPE
Diminutive of GIUSEPPE.
BERARDO
Italian form of BERARD.
BERENICE
Latinized form of Βερενικη (Berenike), the Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing...
BERNARDETTA
Italian feminine form of BERNARD.
BERTRANDO
Italian form of BERTRAND.
BETTINO
Diminutive of BENEDETTO.
BIAGINO
Diminutive of BIAGIO.
BIANCA
Italian cognate of BLANCHE. Shakespeare used characters named Bianca in 'Taming of the Shrew' (1593) and 'Othello' (1603...
BICE
Short form of BEATRICE.
BONAVENTURA
Means "good fortune" in Italian. Saint Bonaventura was a 13th-century Franciscan monk who is considered a Doctor of the ...
BONIFACIO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).
BONACCORSO
From a medieval Italian name derived from bono "good" and accorso "haste, rush, help".
BRUNA
Feminine form of BRUNO.
BRUNO
Derived from the Germanic element brun "armour, protection" or brun "brown". Saint Bruno of Cologne was a German monk of...
BRIGIDA
Italian and Spanish form of BRIDGET.
BRUNELLA
Feminine diminutive of BRUNO.
BRUNILDA
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of BRÜNHILD.
CALLISTO (1)
Italian form of CALLISTUS.
CALOGERO
From the Late Latin name Calogerus which meant "beautiful elder" from Greek καλος (kalos) "beautiful" and γερων (geron) ...
CAMILLA
Feminine form of CAMILLUS. This was the name of a legendary warrior maiden of the Volsci, as told by Virgil in the 'Aene...
CAMILLO
Italian form of CAMILLUS.
CALOGERA
Feminine form of CALOGERO.
CARLA
Feminine form of CARLO, CARLOS or CARL.
CARLO
Italian form of CHARLES.
CARLOTTA
Italian form of CHARLOTTE.
CARMELA
Italian and Spanish form of CARMEL.
CARMEN
Medieval Spanish form of CARMEL influenced by the Latin word carmen "song". This was the name of the main character in G...
CARMINA
Variant of CARMEN.
CECILIA
Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". Saint Cecilia wa...
CECILIO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Caecilius (see CECILIA).
CELESTINO
Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of CAELESTINUS.
CELSO
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of CELSUS.
CESARINO
Diminutive of CESARE.
CARMELO
Spanish and Italian masculine form of CARMEL.
CARMINE
Italian masculine form of CARMEN.
CAROLA
Feminine form of CAROLUS.
CAROLINA
Latinate feminine form of CAROLUS. This is the name of two American states: North and South Carolina. They were named fo...
CASIMIRO
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of CASIMIR.
CASSANDRA
From the Greek name Κασσανδρα (Kassandra), derived from possibly κεκασμαι (kekasmai) "to excel, to shine" and ανηρ (aner...
CATERINA
Italian and Catalan form of KATHERINE.
CELESTE
Italian feminine and masculine form of CAELESTIS. It is also the English feminine form.
CELESTINA
Latinate feminine form of CAELESTINUS.
CELINO
Italian and Spanish form of CAELINUS or a short form of MARCELINO.
CELIO
Italian and Spanish form of CAELIUS.
CESARE
Italian form of CAESAR.
CESARINA
Feminine diminutive of CESARE.
CHIARA
Italian form of CLARA. Saint Chiara (commonly called Saint Clare in English) was a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi.