Ammie's list "My favorite Boy Names" of 3 great name ideas: Amadeo - Ezio!

My favorite Boy Names

Amadeo and Amedeo are both valid Italian forms of the Roman Amadeus, most famous as the middle name of the composer Mozart as well as the title of a movie about him. Mozart's name was actually the Greek Theophilus, but he transformed it to the Latin version. Amadeo is also used in Spain, where it was the name of a 19th century king who was born in Italy.

Amadeo

With the rise of ancient Roman names, Octavian suddenly seem plausible again.  A variation of Octavius and relative of the more modern Octavio, it's an equally attractive member of the trio.

Octavian

An operatic Italian option via <em>South Pacific</em> star Pinza, one of several Italian names currently hot in France. Ezio is the Italian form of the Greek name Aetius. 

<br/><br/>Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego Saldana gave the name as a middle to one of their twin sons, after his paternal grandfather.

