Please help with Italian/English name for our boy!

TrishyC · Mar 11th, 2010, 05:54 AM

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!!

Archies Mummy · Mar 11th, 2010, 06:19 AM

My friend is called Geli and i love it, lol.

TrishyC · Mar 11th, 2010, 06:23 AM

Is that pronounced with a hard or soft G?

cupcake · Mar 11th, 2010, 06:27 AM

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)

TrishyC · Mar 11th, 2010, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cupcake

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!

Archies Mummy · Mar 11th, 2010, 06:34 AM

Soft G i spose as in G-ull , G-eli

Sorry i dnt really now how to xplain lol.

TrishyC · Mar 11th, 2010, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Archies Mummy

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!

midori1999 · Mar 11th, 2010, 07:35 AM

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)

TrishyC · Mar 11th, 2010, 08:24 AM

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!

Cinderella · Mar 11th, 2010, 21:18 PM

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!

Mar 11th, 2010, 05:54 AM	#1
TrishyC Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Italy Posts: 1,346	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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Archies Mummy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Croydon Posts: 387	My friend is called Geli and i love it, lol.

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TrishyC Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Italy Posts: 1,346	Is that pronounced with a hard or soft G?

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cupcake Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: middle east Posts: 4,375	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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Archies Mummy Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Croydon Posts: 387	Soft G i spose as in G-ull , G-eli Sorry i dnt really now how to xplain lol.

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midori1999 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,617	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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TrishyC Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Italy Posts: 1,346	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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Cinderella Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Orlando/London Posts: 198	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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