Italian Boy Names : 200+ Beautiful and Unique Names


Boy names in Italy differ from the most popular names in the US, but there are some similarities. Italian boy names are becoming more and more common which might correlate with the fact that people are becoming more and more aware of their cultural background. However, the reason behind the popularity of Italian boy names could simply be that the names are so beautiful. 

Italian boy names that are commonly given to newborns today in Italy are Leonardo, Francesco and Lorenzo. Other Italian names for boys that are unique and beautiful are Emilio, Romeo and Gabriel.

Read on to find a list of the most popular Italian baby boy names, short and long names for boys, beautiful Italian boy names and finally a complete list of more than 200 Italian boy names in alphabetical order. 

Italian Baby Boy Names
Italian Baby Boy Names

Most Popular Italian Baby Boy Names

Here are a list of the 50 most popular boy names among babies born and registered in Italy during 2019.

RankBoy NameCount
1Leonardo7,786
2Francesco5,946
3Lorenzo5,264
4Alessandro5,229
5Andrea4,715
6Mattia4,714
7Gabriele4,412
8Tommaso4,269
9Riccardo4,176
10Edoardo3,651
11Matteo3,407
12Giuseppe2,958
13Nicolo’2,925
14Antonio2,849
15Federico2,836
16Diego2,753
17Davide2,439
18Giovanni2,392
19Pietro2,359
20Samuele2,292
21Christian2,135
22Filippo2,114
23Marco1,926
24Michele1,806
25Luca1,662
26Simone1,591
27Giulio1,567
28Elia1,546
29Alessio1,541
30Salvatore1,538
31Gabriel1,526
32Enea1,478
33Emanuele1,455
34Vincenzo1,41
35Gioele1,386
36Giacomo1,295
37Manuel1,279
38Jacopo1,267
39Daniele1,241
40Thomas1,209
41Samuel1,148
42Cristian1,131
43Giorgio1,085
44Luigi1,076
45Daniel1,039
46Nicola946
47Domenico946
48Liam924
49Nathan916
50Raffaele899
Source: Istat, “Iscritti in anagrafe per nascita” survey 2019.

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Short Italian Boy Names

For your convenience we have put together a list showing short Italian boy names containing only 4 letters or less.

Ale
Amo
Gru
Leo
Max
Pio
tom
alex
Dino
Elia
Elmo
Enea
Enzo
Este
Gian
Gino
Ivan
John
Liam
Luca
Ludo
Mark
mike
Pier
Vali
Vinn

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Long Italien Boy Names

If you like long names and are looking for an Italian touch, we have made it easy for you. In list list you’ll only find boy names that are longer than nine characters.

Christian
cristiano
Desiderio
Donatello
Emmanuele
Francesco
Giancarlo
Gianmarco
giovanni 
Gualtiero
Guglielmo
Michele  
Salvatore
Alessandro
Marcello  
Salvatorio
Baldassario
Michelangelo

Beautiful Italian Baby Boy Names

What is a beautiful baby boy name? There’s no single definition for what makes a name beautiful but we think you will enjoy this list full of unique Italian names, many of which parents have listed as their favorite boy names.

Valentino
Callisto
Flavio
Claudio
Lucian
Emilio
Ferrari
Carmello
Cosmo
Romeo
Nicolo
Luca
Angelo
Luciano
Diego
Gabriel
Lorenzo
Simone

198 Italian Boy Names

Here are some common and uncommon Italian boy names. The list is presented in alphabetic order.

Abramo
Adolfo
Adriano
Alanzo
Alba 
Alberto
Ale
Alessandro
Alessio
alex
Alfredo
Alonzo
Alrigo
Amadeo
Ambrosi
Amo
Andino
Andrea
Andrea 
Angelo
Antonino
Antonio
Antony
Armando
Armond
Arnaldo
Baldassario
Bernardo
Brando
Callisto
Carlo
Carmine
Christian
Claudio
cristian
cristiano
cyril
Damiano
Daniel
Daniele
Dante
Dario
Davide
Denis
Desiderio
Diego
Dino
Domenico
Donatello
Donato
Edoardo
Edoardo 
Elia
Elias
Elmo
Emanuele
Emeril
Emesto
Emiliano
Emmanuele
Enea
Enrico
Enzo
Ermanno
Este
Fabio
Fabrizio
Federico
Filippo
Fiorello
Flavio
Francesco
Franco
Gabriel
Gabriele
Galterio
Gavino
Georgio 
Geremia
Giacomo
Gian
Giancarlo
Gianluca
Gianmarco
Gino
Gioele
Giorgio
Giovanni
giovanni 
Giuliano
Giulio
Giuseppe
Gru
Gualtiero
Guglielmo
Guido
Ivan
Jacopo
John
Kajetan
Kevin
Largo
Leo
Leonardo
Leone
Liam
Lorenzo
Luca
Lucan
Lucca
Luciano
Ludo
Luigi
Manuel
Marcell
Marcello  
Marco
Mario
Mark
Marquise
Martin
Massimo
Matteo
Mattia
Maurizio
Mauro
Max
Michael 
Michelangelo
Michele
Michele  
mike
mirko
Montay
Monte
Montez
Montrel 
Nario
Nathan
Niccolo
Nicholas
Nicola
Nicoli
Nicolo
Nicolò
Nicolo’
Onofredo
Orlando
Paolo
Pascual
Pasquale
patrick
Patrizio
Peppino
Pier
Piero
Pietro
Pio
Pippino
Raffaele
Raphael
Renzo
Riccardo
Rinaldo
Roberto
Rocco
Romeo
Rosario
Salvatore
Salvatorio
Samuel
samuele
Santino
Santo
Saverio
Savino
Sergio
Silvio
Simon
Simone
Stefano
Stephano
Theodoro
Thomas
Tiernay
Tiziano
tom
Tommaso
Tripada
Umberto
Valerio
Valerius
Vali
Vincenzo
Vinn
Vishnu
Vito 
Vittorio

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