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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
[Re: DillyDolly]
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03/27/21 05:16 PM
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Here's a few more for you guys;
Pasquale - Patrick, Patty, Paddy Pasqualino - Paddy, Lino Andonio - Andrew, Andy Simone - Simon Saverio - Xavier, often times 'Sammy' is also substituted Pietro, Pietrino - Peter, Pete Vito - William or Billy Guigeliemo - William, Billy Ignazio - Ignatius Angelo - Angel Martino - Martin Luigi, Luigino - Louis, Louie Benedetto - Benjamin, Benny Francesco, Franco - Frank, Alfredo, Federico - Afred, Fred, Freddy Ferdinando - Frederick, Fred Frederico - Frederick, Freddy Ottilio, Ottaviano - Otto Gaetano - Thomas, Tommy Tommaso - Thomas, Tommy Alberto - Albert, Al Giacomo - Jack, Jake Gioacchino - Jack, Jackie Filippo - Philip Domenico, - Dominick, Nicky Nicola, Nicolo - Nicholas, Nick Ilario, Lorenzo - Lawrence, Larry Matteo - Matthew, Matty Paolo, Paolino - Paul Raimondo - Raymond, Ray Ugo - Hugh Eduardo - Edward, Eddie Alessandro - Alexander, Alex, Al Alfonso, - Alphonse, Al Carmina - Carmine, Carmen Giorgio - George Girolamo - Gerald, Jerry Gerlando - Gerald, Jerry Gerardo - Gerard, Jerry Umberto - Herbert, Bert Enrico, Rico - Henry, Harry Aniello - Neal Ettore - Edward, Eddie, Terence, Terry Robert, Robertino - Robert, Bobby, Robby Arturo - Arthur, Artie Stefano - Stephen, Steve Natale - Nathan, Nart Camillo - Camille, Carmen Bernardo - Bernard, Bernie Carlo - Carl Felice - Philip, Philly Daniele - Daniel, Danny Savino - Sam Salvino - Sal, Sam Cristoforo - Christopher, Chris Andimo - Andy Luciano - Louis, Lou Virgilio - Virgil Adolfo - Adolph, Al Rudolfo - Rudy, Rudolph
Heres a few real tough ones that don't readily have an English equivalent (to the best of my knowledge) LOL
Generoso Modesto Mario Ciro Cosmo Innocenzio Sereno Cirino Gaspare Rosario Rocco Nunzio Orlando
Good luck with these fellas! LOL
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
[Re: NYMafia]
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03/27/21 05:47 PM
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Dwalin2011
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Heres a few real tough ones that don't readily have an English equivalent (to the best of my knowledge) LOL
Generoso Modesto Mario Ciro Cosmo Innocenzio Sereno Cirino Gaspare Rosario Rocco Nunzio Orlando
Good luck with these fellas! LOL
Gaspare = Jasper Orlando = Roland For the others, I don't know....Ciro may be "Cyrus" though, but I am not sure if it's ever used in English, apart from the references to Persian kings in history books.
Willie Marfeo to Henry Tameleo:
1) "You people want a loaf of bread and you throw the crumbs back. Well, fuck you. I ain't closing down."
2) "Get out of here, old man. Go tell Raymond to go shit in his hat. We're not giving you anything."
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
[Re: DillyDolly]
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03/27/21 05:53 PM
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My son has a friend named Ciro. He goes by Ciro. Though they pronounce wrong. Says it like Siro instead of chee row
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
[Re: MeyerLansky]
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03/28/21 08:53 AM
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nice thread but today's italian americans are still goin for the traditional names ? because i've seen a lot of younger guys names : kevin patrick justin and more of those names Yeah, you'll see americanized named like that given by parents who are themselves americanized and don't have a clue, or don't follow Italian tradition anymore. Or where parents have split ethnicities such, or intermarry with other nationalities, who pick names not in keeping with Italian surnames such as; Kevin Coppola, Patrick Horowitz, Justin Notarbartolo, etc. Lol The first and last names don't really correlate with one another but what are you gonna do? Today it's a whole different ballgame.
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
[Re: DillyDolly]
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03/28/21 06:50 PM
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I had a great-grandfather who's name was Pasquale but sometimes went by the anglicized form of Paschal on documents.
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
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03/29/21 09:30 AM
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I had a great-grandfather who's name was Pasquale but sometimes went by the anglicized form of Pachal on documents. Same here! On documents they translated my great-grandfather's name to Paschall. I don't even know how my great-grandfather made the trip over here in his 80's a few years before WW2 kicked off.
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
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03/29/21 09:43 AM
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Speaking of English equivalents, I noticed that Italians named Vincenzo often become "Jimmy" in America, but why? In theory, the English name for Vincenzo is Vincent, while Jimmy/James is Giacomo. My grandfather's name was Giacomo, and had a son named James. I've also read Giacomo could mean Jacob.
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
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03/29/21 09:47 AM
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GerryLang
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nice thread but today's italian americans are still goin for the traditional names ? because i've seen a lot of younger guys names : kevin patrick justin and more of those names You can go from Pasquale to Patrick, but Kevin...Justin...Trevor...Jason...Kenneth... "Walden...the fuck kinda name is that for an Italian?" There was a Colombo associate who got deported back to Italy a few years ago who had the first name Walter. I always found it to be a strange name for a guy born in Italy, his parents might have went back and forth from Italy and the US.
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
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nice thread but today's italian americans are still goin for the traditional names ? because i've seen a lot of younger guys names : kevin patrick justin and more of those names You can go from Pasquale to Patrick, but Kevin...Justin...Trevor...Jason...Kenneth... "Walden...the fuck kinda name is that for an Italian?" There was a Colombo associate who got deported back to Italy a few years ago who had the first name Walter. I always found it to be a strange name for a guy born in Italy, his parents might have went back and forth from Italy and the US. Walter is not uncommon in the far North of Italy...you got to remember in the North of Italy that used to be Austria 110 years ago...
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Re: Italian names & Their Plain Jane English Equivalen
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03/29/21 10:27 AM
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GerryLang
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nice thread but today's italian americans are still goin for the traditional names ? because i've seen a lot of younger guys names : kevin patrick justin and more of those names You can go from Pasquale to Patrick, but Kevin...Justin...Trevor...Jason...Kenneth... "Walden...the fuck kinda name is that for an Italian?" There was a Colombo associate who got deported back to Italy a few years ago who had the first name Walter. I always found it to be a strange name for a guy born in Italy, his parents might have went back and forth from Italy and the US. Walter is not uncommon in the far North of Italy...you got to remember in the North of Italy that used to be Austria 110 years ago... I never knew that was a common name there, this guy was Sicilian by the way. I got family from Germany that are Roma. They got a family tree picture and the great-grandfather name was Adolph, which I believe is a banned name in Germany now.
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