ITALIAN-AMERICAN NAMES (nameset 9)
5.6% of American population
This nameset is one of the better ones. I cleared up the duplications and the spelling errors. Some of the names were odd - definitely uncommon or even unknown in Italy, so I dropped many of them. There was also a tendency, more pronounced here than in other namesets, to draw names from figures in literature, the arts, diplomacy, and military history. In cases where it was distracting, or where the name wasn't really a name at all (like Tintoretto), I removed it.
Sources that I used include:
Some prominent Italian-American ballplayers:
- Joe Dimaggio
- Ermie Lombardi
- Tony Lazzeri
- Ron Santo
- Roy Campanella (on his father's side)
- Phil Rizzuto
- Yogi Berra
- Lou Piniella
- Carl Furillo
9 Italian-American first names.txt
9 Italian-American names.txt