The Story Games Names Project

Compiled by Moyra Turkington
Historically, the naming traditions
of Italy are that the first male
is named after his paternal grandfather,
the second after his maternal
grandfather, the first female after
her paternal grandmother and the
second after her maternal grandmother.
In some places, Italian children
celebrate their onomastico, or
name day, as well as their birthday.
Thanks to the renaissance resource
folks of Brown University
for making the Online Castasto
of 1427 available (http://www.stg.
brown.edu/projects/catasto/overview.html).
FEMALE
1) Caterina
2) Rosa
3) Elena
4) Bianca
5) Concetta
6) Pina
7) Teresa
8) Angela
9) Donna
10) Enza
11) Rita
12) Franca
13) Maria
14) Lucia
15) Carmela
16) Belinda
17) Isabella
18) Viviana
19) Silvana
20) Zita
MALE
1) Vito
2) Bruno
3) Giovanni
4) Francesco
5) Aldo
6) Paulo
7) Claudio
8) Giuseppe
9) Antonio
10) Pasquale
11) Mario
12) Franco
13) Pietro
14) Sergio
15) Carlo
16) Domenico
17) Nino
18) Salvatore
19) Luciano
20) Giorgio
SURNAMES 1
1) Ricci
2) Savino
3) Marchese
4) Costa
5) Amato
6) Mastromoaco
7) Zucco
8) Dragani
9) Sylvestre
10) Giacone
11) Caputo
12) Bruno
13) Vincenzi
14) Candelora
15) Urbani
16) Notte
17) Falcone
18) Carpino
19) Paolucci
20) Malatesta
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