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links to learn more about Italian family history:
Language
- Online
Multi-Lingual Dictionary
Choose "Italian" from the drop-down list.
Local
Boston Organizations
- The
Italian Genealogical Society of America, Inc.
P.O. Box 8571 Cranston, R.I. 02920-8571
Six
meetings per year plus a quarterly newsletter.
Names
- A couple's
first son is named after the father's father; first daughter after
the father's mother. Couple's second son named after the mother's
father; second daughter after the mother's father. Couple's subsequent
children were named after the parents, favorite aunts and uncles,
unmarried or deceased aunts and uncles. Some common Italian names,
along with their Latin equivalent and English derivations:
| Males |
|
Italian
|
Latin
|
English
|
Nickname
|
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Alessandro
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Alexis
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Alexander
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Sandro
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Antonio
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Antonius
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Anthony
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Toni,Tony
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Carlo
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Carolus
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Charles
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Charlie
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Carmelo
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Carmelus
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Carl
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Meluccio
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Filippo
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Philippus
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Philip
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Pippo
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Francesco
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Franciscus
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Frank
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Franco
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Giacomo
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Jacobus
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James
|
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Giorgio
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Georgius
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George
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Zorzi
|
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Giovanni
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Joannes
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John
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Zuanne
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Giuseppe
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Josephus
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Joseph
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Beppe/Pino
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Lorenzo
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Laurentius
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Lawrence
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Renzo
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Luigi
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Aloysius
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Louis
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Gigi
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Matteo
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Mattheus
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Matthew
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Teo
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Paolo
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Paulus
|
Paul
|
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Pasquale
|
Paschalis
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Patrick
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Lino
|
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Pietro
|
Petrus
|
Peter
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Piero
|
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Stefano
|
Stephanus
|
Stephen
|
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Tommaso
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Thomas
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Thomas
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Tomi
|
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Ugo
|
Ugus
|
Hugh
|
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Vittorio
|
Victorius
|
Victor
|
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| Females |
| Italian |
Latin |
English |
Nickname |
|
Alba
|
Alba
|
Dawn
|
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Assunta
|
Assunta
|
Susie
|
Assuntina
|
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Catterina
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Catharina
|
Katherine
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Rina
|
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Elisabetta
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Elizabeta
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Elizabeth
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Elisa
|
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Giovanna
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Joanna
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Joanne
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Zuanna
|
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Grazia
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Gratia
|
Grace
|
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Lucia
|
Lucia
|
Lucy
|
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Luigia
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Aloysia
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Gina
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Gina
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Margherita
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Margarita
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Margaret
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Rita
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Marta
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Martha
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Martha
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Vittoria
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Victoria
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Victoria
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Rina
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Research
Help
Further
Reading
- DeMarco,
William M. Ethnics and Enclaves: Boston's Italian North End.
Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1981.
- Images:
A Pictorial History of Italian-Americans. New York: Center for
Migration Studies, 1986.
- Riccio,
Anthony V. Portrait of an Italian-American Neighborhood: The North
End of Boston. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1998.
- Sammarco,
Anthony Mitchell. Images of America: Boston's North End. Dover,
NH: Arcadia, 1997.
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