Female Italian Names

How female italian names are built

Italian names pair a given name with a surname, drawing on 1,075 male and 609 female given names against a deep 1,200-entry surname bank, producing pulls like Ansprando Bufalini, Assalonne Savonarola and Guglielma Pianalto.

• Ansprando Bufalini

  Ansprando (given, male bank) + Bufalini (surname bank)

• Guglielma Pianalto

  Guglielma (given, female bank) + Pianalto (surname bank)

• Assalonne Savonarola

  Assalonne (given, male bank) + Savonarola (surname bank)

Naming notes

Both the male given bank (1,075) and the surname bank (1,200) are large, so the male-side combination space runs well over a million pairings and repeats are rare. The female given bank (609) is smaller. The surname bank is shared across genders.

Questions about female italian names

How large is the Italian combination space?

The male given bank holds 1,075 entries and the surname bank 1,200, so male-side pairings number over a million and repeats are rare.

Are the male and female banks the same size?

No. The male given bank has 1,075 entries and the female 609, while both share the 1,200-entry surname pool.

How is a name assembled?

Given name then surname, one draw from the gender's given bank plus one from the shared surname bank.