These
surnames and
given names were taken from a
character-building resource called
Building Believable Characters by Marc McCutcheon (© 1996). This book was designed to help fill out
characters in writing, and the part that is most useful and interesting to me is the names section. With this collection of names, you can pick a common
Italian surname and match it with a nice
Italian given name, and be perfectly correct in naming your
Italian character, or simply use the list to give the character an appropriate
lineage.
Common Italian Surnames:
Albano, Amato, Antonelli, Basso, Benedetto, Bianco, Bolino, Bonelli, Bono, Calderone, Campo, Caruso, Chiapetta, Ciccone, Colombo, Como, Copello, Cumo, De Benedictis, De Giovanni, De Santis, Ferrara, Fiore, Fosco, Galliano, Gatto, Genovese, Giacobelli, Giacopetti, Gianolo, Giovannelli, Giovannetti, Lo Bianco, Lo Verde, Luna, Mancini, Mancuso, Messina, Morelli, Morena, Napoli, Oliva, Pisciolo, Ragazzi, Ragazzo, Ricci, Rizzo, Rossi, Santangelo, Scarpello, Serrano, Sorrentino, Testa, Tonelli, Volpe.
Male Given Names:
Adriano, Aldo, Alessandro, Amerigo, Anastagio, Angelo, Antonio, Arnaldo, Arturo, Baldassare, Benedetto, Bruno, Cesare, Cristoforo, Dominico, Donatello, Donato, Edoardo, Enrico, Enzo, Ernesto, Fabio, Fausto, Federico, Flavio, Giacommo, Giamo, Giancarlo, Gilberto, Gino, Giorgio, Giovanni, Giulio, Giuseppe, Giustino, Gregorio, Guido, Guiseppi, Gustavo, Ignazio, Lazzaro, Leonardo, Lorenzo, Luciano, Luigi, Marcello, Marco, Mario, Martino, Nuncio, Paolo, Rafaele, Renzo, Roberto, Romano, Salvatore, Sebastiano, Sergio, Silvano, Stefano, Uberto, Vito, Vittorio.
Female Given Names:
Agnella, Agnese, Angela, Anna, Anna Maria, Belinda, Bianca, Brigida, Bruna, Candida, Cara, Carita, Carmelina, Catarina, Cecilia, Cella, Constantina, Cristina, Elisabetta, Emma, Fabiana, Florenza, Flavia, Francesca, Gabriela, Giacinta, Gianina, Gina, Giovanna, Irene, Isabella, Leona, Lia, Luisa, Manuela, Maria, Nicia, Olimpia, Philippa, Pia, Rachele, Regina, Rosa, Rosalia, Rosamaria, Sabrina, Sancia, Sofia, Teresa, Tonia, Trista, Valentina, Violetta.
Try the Index of names to get any meanings you're interested in!