Peculiar Italian Names (Girls)

This Old Norse girl name has a lovely meaning and a familiar yet distinctive sound.

While we still can't see Hilda coming back any time soon, it's conceivable that this Italian version could ride the coattails of Ella, Elena and Ellery to broader popularity.

Variant of Erinna

Fedora is occasionally heard among the British Mayfair and Belgravia set, but we're afraid that in this country there would be too strong an association with the man's felt hat.

A pretty, if unusual choice for a summer baby, particularly a girl with an ancestor named Ida. An epithet of the goddess Aphrodite, Idalia is derived from the Greek place name Idalion.

The Italian form of Hilda is rarer but sweeter than its mother name, which still isn't ready for revival in the US.