Top 100 Italian boy names for babies

Kait Hanson

March 7, 2023 at 5:05 PM·2 min read

Parents considering Italian boy names for their newborn son have no shortage of options. Enzo, Matteo and Nico are all rising in popularity, and don't be shocked if you start seeing more kids named Giovanni or Luca at the playground.

According to baby naming consultant Pamela Redmond of the baby name website Nameberry, Italian boy names in the United States are on the rise.

"The biggest trend in the U.S. is that Italian names for boys are newly fashionable and rising up the list," Redmond 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."

Redmond says that like top Italian girl names, boy names with Italian roots follow a unique trend.

"As with girl names, names starting with 'Gi' are trending: Gianni, Giovanni, Giulio," Redmond says.

The top ten boy names in Italy in 2020, the most recent year counted, include: Leonardo, Francesco, Alessandro, Lorenzo, Mattia, Tommaso, Gabriele, Andrea, Riccardo and Edoardo

There are a handful of Italian boy names that are finding international popularity: Enzo, Nico, Elio and Luca.

"These are short, simple, modern-feeling names that work in a range of languages and cultures," Redmond says.

Top 5 Italian Boy Names In The U.S.

Enzo — Italian version of Henry, “estate ruler”
Elio — Sun
Luca — Italian variation of Luke and Lucas, “man from Lucania”
Matteo — Italian version of Matthew, “gift of God”
Dante — Enduring

"In the U.S., the only Italian boy name on the official top 100 is Leonardo, thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio," Redmond says. "Further down the list are Giovanni, the Italian version of John, and Lorenzo, the Italian version of Lawrence."

100 Italian Boy Names

From Aldo to Stefano, here are 100 Italian boy names to consider for your son:

Enzo
Elio
Luca
Mateo
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
Lucca
Primo
Silvano
Gino
Donatello
Fiero
Fiorenzo
Mattia
Giancarlo
Maximo
Piero
Pietro
Po
Enzio
Fiorello
Leone
Caruso
Dino
Gian
Lazaro
Luigi
Corrado

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Top 5 Italian Boy Names In The U.S.

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