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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 05:54 AM   #1
TrishyC
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Please help with Italian/English name for our boy!


Hi there!

I would love some opinions from you gorgeous girls!

We have just found out we are having a little boy and I have always found it hard to settle on a boy's name, but here goes my efforts so far. Please bare in mind that I am Australian and DH is Italian and we currently live in Italy. SO, we would love a name that both families can pronounce! It doesn't have to be overly Italian because they quite like "Americano" names here too!lol

What do you think of these:

James or Jamie
Samuele or Sammy
Noah or Noe (Italian version)
Alex
Jesse
Oliver
Will
Remy

I would welcome any other suggestions too!! Thanks!!


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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 06:19 AM   #2
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My friend is called Geli and i love it, lol.


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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 06:23 AM   #3
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Is that pronounced with a hard or soft G?


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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 06:27 AM   #4
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growing up i knew an antonio,
angelo ( an-je-low) ,
gino ( jee-now)
marco ( mar-kow)
niko ( nee-kow)
I also like Raphael ( rafa-el)


 
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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 06:32 AM   #5
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growing up i knew an antonio,
angelo ( an-je-low) ,
gino ( jee-now)
marco ( mar-kow)
niko ( nee-kow)
I also like Raphael ( rafa-el)
Hahaha - I actually know someone with each of those names here! My DH is a Raffaele, although he prefers the English version of Ralphi! Thanks hun!


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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 06:34 AM   #6
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Soft G i spose as in G-ull , G-eli

Sorry i dnt really now how to xplain lol.


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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 06:36 AM   #7
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Soft G i spose as in G-ull , G-eli

Sorry i dnt really now how to xplain lol.
Yes, I quite like it... Thanks!


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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 07:35 AM   #8
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My son is called Luca, but I think it is quite common in Italy, so that might put you off? (It's getting more common here now too, no-one was called it when my son was born, he's 9 now)


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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 08:24 AM   #9
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You know I absolutely LOVE Luca... but for the very reason you said my DH doesn't want it... it is VERY widely used here. Thanks tho hun!


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Old Mar 11th, 2010, 21:18 PM   #10
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I went onto my italian friends Facebook page and had a gander through her friends list.. (I believe a modern update of a baby name book! lol)
And some names that stuck out for me..
Adriano - Easy to pronounce in all languages, cute nickname of Adi.
Matteo - (Love this one) Can be shortened to Matt/Mattie although she had four Matteo's in her friends list so i'm assuming it's quite popular?
Vincenzo - Like this one too, love the shortened version of Vinnie.
Rocco - Possibly my favourite

There were lots of Marco's, Luca's, Nico's etc. Good luck!


 
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