Italian Names Diminutives For Males & Females

Italian names diminutives are a given name usually in a short and/or affectionate form. Most times they are used only used by friends and relatives.

The most common Italian names diminutives are those names that are short forms of the original names or root names. For example, Cesco is from Francesco, Ari is from Arianna, Pina is from Josefina, and Peppe is from Giuseppe.

Interestingly, there are other short forms that do not come from the beginning of the name, but instead, they come from the end or the middle, like Rita from Margherita, Momo from Girolamo, Nando from Fernando, and Dino from Alfredino.

Furthermore, other Italian names diminutives can also be formed by adding a suffix to the original name, root name or the name’s short form. For example, Marietta from Maria etc.

Italian names diminutives for males and females

Number	Italian names	Diminutives	Gender
1	Megan	Meggy	Female
2	Margherita	Margareth	Female
3	Teodoro	Ted	Male
4	Matteo	Teo	Male
5	Girolamo	Momo	Male
6	Giacomo	Momo	Male
7	Margherita	Rita	Female
8	Emanuele	Manu or Ema	Male
9	Elisabetta	Elisa	Female
10	Carolina	Lina	Female
11	Vittoria	Vicky	Female
12	Vincenzo	Enzo or Enzino or Enzuccio	Male
13	Vittorina	Rina	Female
14	Marcoluzzo	Marchino	Male
15	Fredduccio	freddo	Male
15	Fernando	Nando	Male
17	Alfredo	Alfredino	Male
18	Giovanni	Nanni	Male
19	Nicola	Nico	Male
20	Giuseppe	Beppe	Male
21	Giuseppe	Beppino	Male
22	Bernardo	Bernardino	Male
23	Francesco	Cecco	Male
24	Francesco	Cesco	Male
25	Francesco	Checco	Male
26	Francesco	Chicco	Male
27	Federico	Chicco	Male
28	Enrico	Chicco	Male
29	Francesco	Ciccio	Male
30	Alfredino	Dino	Male
31	Donato	Donatello	Male
32	Edoardo	Edo	Male
33	Giuseppe	Geppetto	Male
34	Giuseppe	Geppino	Male
35	Luigi	Gigi	Male
36	Domenico	Mimi	Male
37	Domenico	Mimmo	Male
38	Giuseppe	Peppe	Male
39	Alessandro	Sandro	Male
40	Giuseppe	Seppe	Male
41	Antonio	Tonino	Male
42	Salvatore	Totò	Male
43	Antonio	Totò	Male
44	Anna	Annina	Female
45	Arianna	Ari	Female
46	Federica	Chicca	Female
47	Francesca	Chicca	Female
48	Claudia	Dina	Female
49	Claudina	Dina	Female
50	Blandina	Dina	Female
51	Alfreda	Dina	Female
52	Alfredina	Dina	Female
53	Giovanna	Giannina	Female
54	Immacolata	Imma	Female
55	Eleonora	Leonora	Female
56	Maria	Mariella	Female
57	Maria	Marietta	Female
58	Maria	Mimi	Female
59	Brunilde	Nilde	Female
60	Josefina	Pina	Female
61	Giuseppina	Pina	Female