By origin
Names of Italian origin
81 names
The origin describes the language of the word behind the name, not the people who use it. Every meaning below has a source.
- Sandra♀Short form of Alessandra, feminine of Alexandre: 'defender of men'447,906 people
- Rita♀Short form of Margherita, a name that comes from Greek margarítes,…309,366 people
- Bianca♀White277,714 people
- Alessandra♀Italian form of Alexandra, 'defender of men'236,803 people
- Danilo♂Form of Daniel, 'God is my judge'230,342 people
- Milena♀Dear, gracious (from the Slavic element milŭ)199,909 people
- Geovana♀Variant of Giovanna, the Italian feminine of João, 'Yahweh is…185,085 people
- Alessandro♂Defender of men144,058 people
- Pietro♂Stone, rock141,070 people
- Giovana♀Italian feminine of Giovanni (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'135,752 people
- Sandro♂Short form of Alessandro, 'defender of men'113,102 people
- Ângelo♂Angel93,311 people
- Giovanna♀Italian feminine of Giovanni (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'87,038 people
- Orlando♂Italian form of Roland, from Germanic, with elements meaning 'fame'…79,927 people
- Emanuele♀'God is with us' (from Emmanuel, in Hebrew)79,825 people
- Geovane♂Form of Giovanni, 'Yahweh is gracious'67,942 people
- Benício♂From the Italian surname Benizzi, which comes from the medieval name…64,563 people
- Mirela♀Probably from the Occitan verb mirar, 'to admire'64,067 people
- Paola♀Feminine form of Paulo, 'small'61,663 people
- Pietra♀Feminine form of Pietro (Peter), 'rock'51,187 people
- Graziele♀Variant of Graziela, from Graziella, derived from grazia, 'grace'49,083 people
- Angelina♀Feminine form of Angelino, a diminutive of Angelo, a name linked to…44,802 people
- Geovanna♀Variant of Giovanna, the Italian feminine of João, 'Yahweh is…44,047 people
- Lucca♂Probably 'from Lucania', a region of southern Italy40,407 people
- Emanuelle♀'God is with us' (from Emmanuel, in Hebrew)39,776 people
- Graziela♀Diminutive of Grazia, 'grace'39,570 people
- Mirella♀Probably from the Occitan verb mirar, 'to admire'31,238 people
- Giovani♂Form of Giovanni, the Italian John, 'Yahweh is gracious'30,487 people
- Aldo♂Short form of Germanic names with alt, 'old', or adal, 'noble'30,025 people
- Diva♀Female divinity, goddess29,802 people
- Geovani♂Form of Giovanni (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'27,307 people
- Gilda♀Italian short form of Ermenegilda and of other names with the…24,719 people
- Luca♂Probably 'from Lucania', a region of southern Italy24,507 people
- Enrico♂Ruler of the home16,713 people
- Gildo♂Masculine form of Gilda, from names with the Germanic element gelt,…15,685 people
- Santina♀Feminine diminutive of Santo, 'saint'14,686 people
- Rinaldo♂Italian form of Reynold, from Germanic elements referring to…14,200 people
- Alesandra♀Italian form of Alexandra, 'defender of men'13,345 people
- Millena♀Dear, gracious (from the Slavic element milŭ)13,339 people
- Giovanni♂Form of Giovanni, the Italian John, 'Yahweh is gracious'12,882 people
- Rosaria♀Rosary, the prayer beads10,941 people
- Alesandro♂Defender of men10,664 people
- Grazielle♀Variant of Graziela, from Graziella, derived from grazia, 'grace'9,561 people
- Luigi♂Fame and battle (Germanic elements)9,177 people
- Gian♂Yahweh is gracious (short form of Giovanni, the Italian equivalent…8,962 people
- Dante♂Short form of Durante, an Italian name derived from the Latin verb…8,913 people
- Elda♀Italian form of Hilda, 'battle'8,825 people
- Henrico♂Ruler of the home8,694 people
- Mylena♀Dear, gracious (from the Slavic element milŭ)8,523 people
- Grazieli♀Form of Graziela, a diminutive of Grazia, 'grace'8,023 people
- Aída♀Returning, visitor (Arabic Ayda, according to Behind the Name)7,600 people
- Palmira♀Feminine form of Palmiro, 'pilgrim'7,199 people
- Grasiela♀Form of Graziela, Italian diminutive of Grazia, 'grace'7,043 people
- Carlo♂Italian form of Charles, from Germanic Karl, 'man'6,498 people
- Grazielly♀Form of Graziela, a diminutive of Grazia, 'grace'6,095 people
- Andreina♀Feminine form of Andrea, from Greek andreios, 'manly'6,009 people
- Leone♂♀Lion5,778 people
- Ezio♂Eagle5,367 people
- Myllena♀Dear, gracious (from the Slavic element milŭ)5,332 people
- Elmo♂Short form of Germanic names ending in helm, 'helmet, protection'5,315 people
- Ilario♂Italian form of Hilarius, 'cheerful, happy'4,810 people
- Nicola♂Victory of the people4,609 people
- Rosalva♀White rose4,325 people
- Danillo♂Form of Daniel, 'God is my judge'4,256 people
- Rossana♀Italian form of Roxana, 'bright'4,251 people
- Carmelina♀Diminutive of Carmela, a form of Carmel, 'garden'4,212 people
- Orlanda♀Feminine form of Orlando, a name of elements meaning 'fame' and 'land'4,103 people
- Graziely♀Form of Graziela, a diminutive of Grazia, 'grace'3,817 people
- Graziella♀Diminutive of Grazia, 'grace'3,813 people
- Paolla♀Feminine form of Paulo, 'small'3,494 people
- Geovanne♂Form of Giovanni, 'Yahweh is gracious'2,824 people
- Geovanni♂Form of Giovanni (João), 'Yahweh is gracious'2,744 people
- Bianka♀White2,703 people
- Giuseppe♂Italian form of José, 'he will add'2,018 people
- Fabrizio♂Italian form of Fabricius, a Latin name possibly linked to faber,…1,985 people
- Romeo♂Roman, from Rome1,892 people
- Grazielli♀Form of Graziela, a diminutive of Grazia, 'grace'1,665 people
- Horlando♂Italian form of Roland, from Germanic, with elements meaning 'fame'…1,633 people
- Giordano♂Italian form of Jordan, name of the Jordan River1,214 people
- Caetana♀Feminine form of Caetano, 'native of Gaeta'1,211 people
- Alessio♂Helper, defender1,198 people
The figures are people recorded in IBGE's 2022 Demographic Census, which counts only the first name. How to read IBGE data.