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Isla
Ava
Emily
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English-Italian names for girls
Ada
Adelaide
Adele
Adriana
Aida
Alberta
Albertina
Albina
Alex
Alexandra
Alfreda
Alice
Allegra
Alma
Amalia
Amanda
Amelia
Anastasia
Angel
Angela
Angelia
Angelica
Angelina
Anita
Anna
Annabella
Anselma
Antonia
Antonina
Aria
Arianna
Augusta
Aura
Aurora
Bambi
Barbara
Beatrice
Beatrix
Belinda
Berenice
Berta
Bettina
Bianca
Brandi
Calinda
Calynda
Cameo
Camilla
Caprice
Cara
Carina
Carla
Carlotta
Carmelita
Carmen
Carmina
Carola
Carolina
Caroline
Carolyn
Carrie
Cassandra
Cecilia
Cerelia
Charlotte
Clara
Clarissa
Claudia
Columbine
Corinna
Cornelia
Dani
Daniela
Daria
Diana
Dina
Dona
Donna
Dora
Doretta
Edmonda
Eleanora
Elena
Elenora
Elisa
Elsa
Emilia
Emma
Erica
Erika
Esta
Etta
Eugenia
Eulalia
Eva
Evelina
Felicia
Flora
Gabby
Gabi
Gabriella
Gaby
Gemma
Gia
Gilda
Gina
Gloria
Greta
Griselda
Horatia
Ida
Imelda
Irene
Iris
Irma
Isabella
Isidora
Jemma
Jessica
Juliet
Kara
Karina
Lara
Larissa
Laura
Lauretta
Lena
Leola
Leonora
Liana
Licia
Liliana
Lilla
Lina
Linda
Lisa
Livia
Lora
Lorena
Lorenza
Loreta
Loretta
Luana
Lucetta
Lucette
Lucia
Lucinda
Lucy
Luna
Madonna
Mara
Maria
Mariabella
Mariana
Marianna
Marina
Marisa
Marta
Martina
Matilda
Maura
Melina
Melissa
Mia
Micaela
Mimi
Miriam
Monica
Nadia
Natalia
Nedda
Nella
Nicola
Nina
Nora
Norma
Octavia
Olivia
Paulina
Pippa
Priscilla
Ramona
Rebecca
Regina
Ricarda
Rita
Roberta
Romilda
Rosa
Rosalie
Rosanna
Rosetta
Rosina
Rubina
Sabrina
Samantha
Sandra
Sara
Serena
Sienna
Silvia
Sonia
Sophia
Stella
Susanna
Sylvia
Tamara
Tania
Tatiana
Teresa
Tessa
Tina
Tonia
Trista
Vanessa
Venetia
Veronica
Viola
Violet
Violetta
Virginia
Viviana
Zita
Zoe
English-Italian feminine names from the /r/namenerds subreddit
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Additional English-Italian results
Feminine English names that may also be Italian words
The following names often appeared in Italian language web pages. That means that they are either Italian words, or names which are very familiar to Italian speakers.
Feminine Italian names that may also be English words
These names often appeared in English language web pages.
English word ending matches
Feminine English names often end with -na. Below are Italian names ending with the same word ending.
Italian word ending matches
Feminine Italian names often end with -ina, -ia, or -ta. Below are English names with one of those word endings.
Fuzzy matches
These are names that would have been the same between the languages, if it hadn't been for a single character difference. Each entry shows an approximate match with the English name on the left, and the Italian name on the right.
English-Italian names popular in both
Names from this page that appear in the official baby name statistics of both a English-speaking and a Italian-speaking country.
| Name | English | Italian |
|---|---|---|
| Emma | #5 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 | #1 girls San Marino 2025 |
| Mia | #4 girls Australia (Victoria) 2025 | #6 girls Switzerland 2025 |
| Anna | #11 girls Northern Ireland 2025 | #12 girls Italy 2024 |
| Olivia | #1 girls England and Wales 2025 | #24 girls Switzerland 2025 |
| Aurora | #24 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 | #2 girls Italy 2024 |
| Nora | #14 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 | #13 girls Switzerland 2025 |
| Luna | #36 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 | #6 girls Switzerland 2025 |
| Amelia | #2 girls Australia (New South Wales) 2025 | #41 girls Italy 2024 |
| Alice | #43 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 | #4 girls Switzerland 2025 |
| Zoe | #17 girls Australia (Victoria) 2025 | #37 girls Switzerland 2025 |
| Emilia | #29 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 | #31 girls Switzerland 2025 |
| Charlotte | #1 girls Australia (New South Wales) 2025 | #73 girls Switzerland 2025 |
| Sophia | #3 girls Canada (Ontario) 2024 | #73 girls Italy 2024 |
| Isabella | #10 girls England and Wales 2025 | #69 girls Italy 2024 |
| Nina | #74 girls Northern Ireland 2025 | #6 girls Switzerland 2025 |
Featured in baby name books
Alice
Alice is a Germanic name meaning “noble” or “nobility,” originally a form of Adelaide, with variants such as Alys and Alyce. Alice is also linked to a Greek word for “truthful.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Amelia
Amelia means “industrious” or “hardworking” and is related to Emily and Amalia, with Amélie as the French form. Amelia has an early-American sound, was very popular in the 1800s, faded in the mid-1900s, and is now back in style.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Angela
Angela comes from Greek and means “messenger of God” or “angel,” with forms such as Angelina, Angelique, and the Irish Aingeal, and Angie as a nickname. Famous bearers include actresses Angela Lansbury and Angela Bassett and German chancellor Angela Merkel.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Augusta
Augusta is the feminine form of Augustus, a Latin name meaning “majestic,” “great,” or “worthy of respect.” Augusta recalls the emperor Augustus, is the capital of Maine, and is the first name of the formidable Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest; Gussy is a nickname.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Barbara
Barbara means “foreign” or “stranger,” traced to Greek or Latin and sharing roots with the word “barbarian.” Barbara once carried real glamour through Barbara Stanwyck and Barbra Streisand, but it peaked around the 1950s and now feels like a parents’ generation name.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Beatrice
Beatrice is a Latin name meaning “she brings joy,” or “blessed,” with Beatrix and Beatriz as sister forms. Beatrice was adored by Dante and appears in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, while Beatrix Potter of Peter Rabbit fame is a well-loved bearer.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Book
Bianca
Bianca is Italian for “white,” suggesting purity, with Blanca and Blanche as Spanish and French forms. Bianca is the younger sister of Katherine in Shakespeare’s comedy The Taming of the Shrew.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Carmen
Carmen is Latin and Spanish for “song.” Carmen is also traced to Hebrew, meaning “garden” or “orchard,” as a Spanish form of Carmela.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson)
Charlotte
Charlotte is the French feminine form of Charles, which means “free man.” Charlotte is also read as “little and feminine.”
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 10,000 Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names
Claudia
Claudia is the feminine of Claudius and comes from Latin for “lame.” The name stayed popular despite its meaning, thanks largely to the Roman Emperor Claudius.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Diana
Diana comes from Latin and means “divine.” In Roman myth Diana was the goddess of the moon and the hunt, counterpart of the Greek Artemis.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Dora
Dora is a Greek name meaning “gift,” and it is also a short form of Theodora. The biblical city of Dor, or Dora, was a Canaanite coastal town whose king Joshua defeated.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names
Emma
Emma is an Old German name meaning “whole,” “all-embracing,” or “universal.” Emma came to England with the Normans and has been warmly revived as a romantic, Victorian-feeling name, helped by Jane Austen’s heroine.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Erica
Erica is the feminine form of Eric, the Scandinavian name meaning “eternal ruler.” Erica is also the Latin word for the heather plant, and Erika is the spelling favored in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Gloria
Gloria is Latin for “glory,” evoking a woman of renown and praise. George Bernard Shaw is credited with coining Gloria in an 1898 play; it reached the top twenty in the 1920s and now sits low enough to merit a revival.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Greta
Greta is a short form of Margaret, meaning “pearl,” with Gretel and Gretchen as related forms. Greta peaked in the 1930s with Greta Garbo’s fame and suits families of Germanic or Scandinavian heritage, offering the appeal of Ava or Emma with more edge.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names
Irene
Irene is a Greek name meaning “peace,” after the goddess of peace, with Irena and Irina as popular variants. Irene was borne by a fourth-century saint and a Byzantine empress, and stayed popular until the mid-twentieth century; its variants are now more common.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Iris
Iris is Greek for “rainbow,” and is also a flower name. In Greek myth Iris was the rainbow goddess who carried messages between heaven and earth; the stylized iris is the fleur-de-lis of France.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Jessica
Jessica is a Hebrew name meaning “God sees” or “He beholds,” with “wealthy” also offered. Shakespeare gave Jessica to Shylock’s daughter in The Merchant of Venice, possibly drawing on the biblical Jesca or on Jesse.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Linda
Linda is Spanish for “pretty” or “pretty one.” Linda topped the charts in the late 1940s and early 1950s, replacing Mary, and now feels dated; Lindy is a livelier nickname.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
Lisa
Lisa began as a short form of Elizabeth, Hebrew for “God is my oath” or “pledged to God.” Lisa rarely stood alone before the 1930s, then ruled as the top girl’s name through most of the 1960s before fading as parents turned to Liza or Libby.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
Lucy
Lucy means “light” and is a feminine form of Lucius, from an ancient Roman family name. Once seen as a spinster name, Lucy has made a strong comeback and is now as hot as Emma and Stella, though it is also popular for dogs.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Luna
Luna is Latin and Italian for “moon.” Luna was the Roman moon goddess.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
Maria
Maria is the Latin and Mediterranean form of Mary, meaning “bitter,” or “star of the sea.” Deeply traditional yet modern-sounding, Maria evokes The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and “Ave Maria”; it was also the name of a wife of Muhammad.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Matilda
Matilda is a German name about might in battle, glossed as “strength in battle,” “battle-mighty,” or “maiden in battle.” Matilda belonged to several medieval queens, including William the Conqueror’s wife, and was anglicized in England as Maud or Maude.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Nora
Nora is a form of Eleanor or Leonora, meaning “light.” Nora also derives from Onóra, the Irish version of Honora, meaning “honor,” and it is a very Irish name.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Irish Names for Children, Baby Names Made Easy, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Octavia
Octavia comes from Latin and means “eighth,” the feminine form of Octavius. In the nineteenth century Octavia was often given to an eighth child; it recalls Augustus Caesar, once called Octavian, whose sister was Octavia.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Priscilla
Priscilla is a Latin name meaning “ancient,” “old,” or “long life,” with nicknames like Cilla and Prissy. In Acts, Priscilla and her husband Aquila were tentmakers who hosted Paul in Corinth and later taught Apollos in Ephesus.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Unusual Baby Names, Classic Biblical Baby Names
Stella
Stella is Latin for “star,” and Stella Maris means “star of the sea.” Sir Philip Sidney first used it as a name in Astrophel and Stella; once grandmotherly, it has surged since 1998, perhaps helped by designer Stella McCartney.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Veronica
Veronica is a Latin name meaning “true image,” with Veronique and Veronika as foreign forms and Ronnie and Vera as nicknames. By legend, Saint Veronica wiped Jesus’s face with her veil as he carried the cross, and the cloth kept the image of his face, though she never appears in the Bible itself.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book
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