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My favourites are Hesperia and Ignazio.

I like:
Hesperia
Leda
Luciano
Adele
Lea
Pina
Cristiano
Livio
Maida

Olga - Ugly. Very, very ugly.
Hesperia - I like the mythological ties. I prefer Hesperis, though.
Baldaserre - Don’t like it or Balthazar.
Carlotta - A tad too sugary for me. I prefer Charlotte.
Flaiano - I’ve never heard this name before. It’s not bad.
Umberto - Ugly, just like Humbert and the rest of its variants.
Leda - Not bad! Simple and sweet.
Ignazio - Meh. Not really my type.
Luciano - A bit too much. I prefer Lucio.
Adele - I would like this a lot more if it weren’t for the singer.
Bice - Nah.
Lea - A bit unsubstantial.
Zuma - Nms.
Augusto - Nms. I prefer August.
Claudia - Prefer Claudine.
Pina - Nms.
Bruto - Sounds too much like "brute" for my liking. Same with Brutus.
Cristiano - Less obvious than Christian but I still don’t really like it.
Ernesto - Nms.
Rambaldo - Nms.
Mercede - Not bad, I guess. Way less obvious than Mercedes (though I still prefer Mercè).
Livio - Meh. Nms.
Maida - Meh.

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My favorite names were Leda and Mercede. My least favorite was probably Olga.

if you must choose a name for a kid

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Olga it's mainly russian
Hesperia in italian is Esperia, but Esperia is an alternate name for italia and anyway is rare
Baldassarre not good
Carlotta everybody will write Carlota, so they will think she's mexican
Flaiano too much rare
Umberto it sounds like Humberto, everybody will think he's mexican and with latinofobia..
Leda it sounds russian
Ignazio see Carlotta
Luciano not good, the mafioso
Adele the singer..
Bice everybody will think "nice"
Lea good
Zuma it isn't italian
Augusto a little dangerous
Claudia good
Pina not good
Bruto like Julius Caesar killer, not good
Cristiano maybe good
Ernesto not common
Rambaldo not good, too much rare
Mercede not good
Livio everybody in USA will ask everytime the spelling, everybody will hate him, too much difficult to say
Maida it isn't italian

Olga - I didn't know it was common in Italy! I like it a lot. It's kind of rough but I like the way it sounds
Hesperia - looks very literary. It's very nice but seems very grand.
Baldassarre (see Balthazar) - it's okay
Carlotta - not my favourite, I prefer Carla
Flaiano fla-YAH-no - it's strange but okay
Umberto - (Eco) is it dated? It looks like an old person name.
Leda - nice
Ignazio ee-NYA-tsyo - I like it
Luciano loo-CHA-no - very nice. (However, this is another Italian name that my brain automatically attaches a surname to: Pavarotti)
Adele ah-DEH-le - nice name, and I like the pronunciation
Bice BEE-che - don't like it
Lea LEH-a - short, sweet name
Zuma (f) - very strange, I don't think I like it
Augusto ow-GOOS-to - it's ok
Claudia KLOW-dya - I never liked how it sounds or looks
Pina PEE-na - I like it, it looks fun
Bruto BROO-to - I don't love it but it's fine
Cristiano krees-TYA-no (lit Christian) - (Ronaldo. I swear these names just don't want to be on their own!) It's a nice name, though.
Ernesto - fine, I don't mind it
Rambaldo - this looks like an extremely fun name!
Mercede mer-CHEH-de (see Mercedes) - I kind of like this pronunciation
Livio - I love it!
Maida MIE-da - I don't think I like it but maybe I should give it time

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It's astonishing to me how few Italian names I know. And those that I do know seem to go with specific last names. So strange.