JmOz Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Espesialy last names, the individual I am writing up is the son of a don... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names The linked page has a listing of Italian surnames by region. Just scroll down a bit. There are a bunch of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted April 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Edsel again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirViss Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names I've found that this site is pretty good alround for names of different ethnicity: http://www.20000-names.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names The linked page has a listing of Italian surnames by region. Just scroll down a bit. There are a bunch of them. Unfortunately this source hasn't Sicilian surnames. Since people that ended up to constitute Cosa Nostra were mostly Sicilian, I think you cannot do wrong by using RL surnames of Sicilian Mafia bosses, present and past: Riina Provenzano Liggio Greco Madonia Spataro Mangano Badalamenti are the ones that I can presently remember on the spot (but a quick net search on mafia could surely yield many more; e.g. you can try wikipedia). You can also use the surname American mafia bosses and families: e.g. Gambino, Bonanno, Genovese, Lucchese, Colombo, Gallo, Maranzano, Luciano, Anastasia, Valachi. Do you need first names, also ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tusaboss Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names A lot of the names are wrong, I checked only the male ones, but Emmanuele=Emanuele; Constantin (oh, God!)=Costantino; Biaiardo=Baiardo (I guess, but i never heard this name); if "CASEAREO" was a name, it would mean something like "connected with the production of cheese"...The only correct name in that line is Cesare; Kajetan(?!?!)=Gaetano; Rafaele=Raffaele (and of course no raphael...the "ph" sound in italian is represented as an "f"); Also, a lot of the names in the list doesn't exist, for example Lorenz (only Lorenzo exists) and other are so rare they seem invented... The lists of italian names that are found online are always full of such fun, I wonder why... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDad Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names Guido the Killer Pimp. My all-time favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names I always find that soccer teams are good for ethnic names. Italian teams have a goodly proportion of italian players. See here for two leagues worth of players.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baphomet Jones Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names I've had a lot of luck just using the phone book....but I guess I'm just blessed geographically. It also depends on what period you need. A lot of mafia types in the 20's and 30's would change their names once they joined up, so they wouldn't necessarily need to be a perfect fit as far as their home regions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C-- Posted May 13, 2005 Report Share Posted May 13, 2005 Re: Need Italian Names Mario Luigi Fat Tony Big Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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