Viva Italia! Learn Naming Traditions

If you know your Italian ancestors’ traditional naming patterns, you can use the bambini’s names to guess the parents’ and grandparents’ identities. The first son usually received the name of his father’s father; the second son, his mother’s father; and the third son, his father. The first daughter was named after the father’s mother; the second daughter, after the mother’s mother; and the third daughter, after the mother.