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[Opinions] Sicilian quintuplets

by Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

10/4/2015, 2:26 AM

A young Sicilian woman, Jessica Sciacca (husband Gianluca) recently gave birth to quintuplets, 3 boys and 2 girls. Their names are:

Giuseppe Mattia
Luigi
Giovanni
Giada
Maria Pia

WDYT? Giada (pron Jada) sticks a bit out for me, since it's a relatively uncommon stone name and all the others are uber classic Italian names. Also I don't understand why Giuseppe is the only one who got a mn, or maybe he's going to go by both names (which would be a bit of a mouthful)?

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- Elena

10/5/2015, 10:14 PM

Giada might be more trendy than the rest, however, I'm trying to wrap my brain around the rhyming Maria Pia! Is this a popular combo in Italy?

- Joiya

10/5/2015, 5:31 AM

I will bet that Giuseppe is the eldest, and thus named after his grandparents, giving him two names. That might be Maria Pia's deal too... named after the Grandmothers.

If it were me, I would shorten it though. My uncle Giuseppe goes by Pino.

I think Giada fits right in with current trends. Luigi actually stood out to me as being a bit more dated than the rest - which are all still in vogue. I adore Luigi though, so I love seeing it.

- noel (guest) +2

10/4/2015, 11:44 AM

I'm not very familiar with Italian names...

Maria is the one that sticks out to me because it's the only one I see a lot.

Luigi makes me think of Mario Bros.

The three Gi- names stick out to me as a group (I esp. like Giada and Giovanni together), which makes Luigi and Maria seem mismatched in comparison.

I'm also wondering why only Guiseppe and Maria got a second name.

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki) +1

10/5/2015, 4:04 AM

Maria Pia works as a double first name, the way Marianne would, for instance.

- Joiya

10/5/2015, 5:32 AM

Yeah, my cousin is Maria Grazia and she goes by the full name every time.

- molly

10/4/2015, 9:32 AM

Definitely an uneven set, but I prefer that to a set where every name matches too much. I like all the names!

- Buneary

10/4/2015, 6:22 AM

I love all of them!

But Giada looks out of place compared to the other ones. Giada sounds kinda modern while the others sound very classic.

- Ninor (Frozten)

10/4/2015, 4:13 AM

I especially like Giuseppe Mattia, but would have preferred Giuseppe Matteo or Giuseppe Mathieu or something.
Giovanni and Giada are alright.

Maria Pia sounds odd to me. Both names are used here in Sweden as well, but it's a quite rhymey combo. And dated :p

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