Italy from the Inside

Give your baby an Italian name

What are the most popular baby names in Italy? Here is a recent top 10 list reflecting the most popular boys & girls names in 2006:

BOYS
– Andrea
– Lorenzo
– Simone
– Paolo
– Marco
– Francesco
– Luca
– Tommaso
– Christian
– Alessandro

GIRLS
– Giulia
– Alessia
– Alice
– Chiara
– Gaia
– Ginevra
– Emma
– Ilaria
– Viola
– Ludovica

And here is the top 20 most widely used names among Italians of all ages. While certain names are still current, others have definitely fallen off the charts. One more thing to keep in mind during the stressful process of naming your baby 🙂

Goodbye in Italian (video)


Every day, more than a hundred people visit our site to read this short post on How to say Goodbye in Italian. We decided it was time to take this information to the next level and we created this short video about how to greet somebody in Italy. Enjoy!

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Podcast #6 – Sicily

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean sea and one of the twenty Italian regions. At the International Travel Expo, I met dr. Jerry Pilarski, an American professor who moved to the city of Trapani in Sicily more than two decades ago. In this interview, Jerry gives us a great summary of what Sicily has to offer to tourists.

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