Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Il Bambino Nomina

My dearest darling (Jared) has some Italian blood in him. He actually has more German than Italian, and also Scandinavian and a hodge podge of other mingled bloodlines. I have mostly Swedish in my blood. But Italian has the coolest names. So we are pretending to care about naming for heritage, and have decided to choose an Italian name for this little bambino.

Here's where you come in. We are scanning lists of Italian names, but have noticed that every list has different names on them, and no list is ever complete. So if you have any Italian favorites (male or female), send 'em on over. You may just have a hand in naming our fourth-born child (not quite the same ring to as first-born, but take what you can get.)

7 comments:

Kara Jo said...

Had Italian clients that named their baby Nico, short for Nicolo.
Is Gabriella Italian? Nope, wait-I'm still waking up--It's Hispanic. Ha, I crack myself up.

Earl said...

Girl or boy, Sergio all the way!

erin said...

Brett Favre Nourse has a nice ring to it.

Unknown said...

Just in case you want record of the name suggestions on your blog instead of Facebook.

Belinda(g), Beni(b), Capri(g), Caterina (g), Dante(b), Emilio(b), Enzo(b), Geovani(b), Gia(g), Zola(g)

Mom2boys said...

For a Girl:
Valentina
Francesca
Divina (pronounced Deeveena)
Lorena
Lucia(Lucy for short)
Ilaria
Maristella
Frederica
Guisy (pronounced "juicy", my absolute favorite) :)
For a Boy:
Allessandro (Alex or Allie for short)
Luciano
Maurizio
Sebino (Sebi for short)
Marco
Valentino

I know you have never met me. I just came across your blog. I spent 4 motnhs in Rome and couldn't resist sharing some of the most beautiful names of the people I met while I was there! These are all authentic Italian names. I PROMISE! Good luck in your search. Let me know if you pick one of mine!

The Smackeys said...

Boy: Giovanni (or I guess you could do Giovanna for a girl? Nickname: Gia?)
Girl: Adriana :)

Unknown said...

Caterina (G)
Gianni (B)
Giovanni (B)
Giovanna (G)
Lia (G)
Leo (B)

Just to name a few. If you need more help, watch an episode of Jersey Shore ;)