Don’t be shocked if you start hearing more calls for Giovanni or Luca at the playground.
“Italian names for boys are newly fashionable and rising up the list,” baby naming consultant Pamela Redmond of Nameberry.com tells TODAY.com. “A generation ago, Italian-American parents might have Anglicized a name like Gianni or Marco, but today they’re more apt to use the authentic Italian version.”
She adds, “As with girl names, names starting with ‘Gi’ are trending: Gianni, Giovanni, Giulio,” Redmond says.
Laura Wattenberg, creator of Namerology, adds, “The Italian names that appeal most to Americans are sort of flowing and romantic like Giovanni, Leonardo, Lorenzo.”
For inspiration, the top 10 boy names in Italy from 2023 are: Leonardo, Edoardo, Tommaso, Francesco, Alessandro, Mattia, Lorenzo, Gabriele, Riccardo and Andrea.
Some Italian boy names that are finding international popularity are Enzo, Nico, Elio and Luca. And with the world gearing up for 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, this trend may be on the rise!
“These are short, simple, modern-feeling names that work in a range of languages and cultures,” Redmond says.
From Aldo to Stefano, here are 120 Italian boy names to consider for your son:
- Enzo
- Elio
- Luca
- Dante
- Marco
- Leonardo
- Romeo
- Orlando
- Rocco
- Lorenzo
- Emilio
- Matteo
- Alessio
- Antonio
- Salvatore
- Leandro
- Aurelio
- Luciano
- Aldo
- Santino
- Giovanni
- Bosco
- Marcello
- Massimo
- Angelo
- Alonzo
- Renzo
- Emiliano
- Cielo
- Mario
- Nicolo
- Elmo
- Alessandro
- Carlo
- Ludovic
- Dario
- Alfonso
- Eliseo
- Cosimo
- Fio
- Sergio
- Alfredo
- Gianni
- Armando
- Paolo
- Arturo
- Domenico
- Giacomo
- Adriano
- Elia
- Giorgio
- Francesco
- Rocky
- Giotto
- Silvio
- Vittorio
- Andrea
- Amadeo
- Armani
- Faro
- Guido
- Brio
- Ciro
- Franco
- Galileo
- Rosario
- Renato
- Ettore
- Remo
- Stefano
- Cassio
- Benvolio
- Giuseppe
- Cipriano
- Sandro
- Federico
- Gennaro
- Primo
- Silvano
- Gino
- Donatello
- Fiero
- Fiorenzo
- Mattia
- Giancarlo
- Maximo
- Piero
- Pietro
- Po
- Enzio
- Fiorello
- Leone
- Caruso
- Dino
- Gian
- Lazaro
- Luigi
- Corrado
- Nico
- Valentino
- Gerardo
- Aria
- Benito
- Rolando
- Carmine
- Rodolfo
- Vito
- Fabio
- Genaro
- Battista
- Nuncio
- Carmello
- Nino
- Rossano
- Giacinto
- Alfio
- Patrizio
- Damiano
- Rico
- Felice
