Comments on: Beyond ‘Fred’: Italian Names for Characters http://www.rpggm.com/blog/2010/02/12/beyond-fred-italian-names-for-characters/ No scenario survives contact with the PCs ... No system survives contact with the GM Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jade http://www.rpggm.com/blog/2010/02/12/beyond-fred-italian-names-for-characters/#comment-2283 Jade Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:43:26 +0000 http://www.rpggm.com/blog/?p=586#comment-2283 @Dispari Thanks so much for the input. It's nice to have a list of common and uncommon names. Because I was aiming at fantasy games, I did deliberately choose more uncommon ones. The list of common names will be very nice to have for modern and near-future games. @Dispari Thanks so much for the input. It’s nice to have a list of common and uncommon names. Because I was aiming at fantasy games, I did deliberately choose more uncommon ones. The list of common names will be very nice to have for modern and near-future games.

]]> By: Dispari http://www.rpggm.com/blog/2010/02/12/beyond-fred-italian-names-for-characters/#comment-2264 Dispari Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:56:45 +0000 http://www.rpggm.com/blog/?p=586#comment-2264 Some of the names you listed are almost never used, and few are misspelled. If you don't mind I've reorganized for you the "male" list UNLIKELY (especially in modern day settings, but useful for ancient Rome and medieval games) Abaco Acario Addo Agosto Arrone Balderico Beltramo Casimiro Clodoveo Dalmazio Orazio Lothario >mispelled > Lotario Zanipolo UNCOMMON Ercole Danilo Raul (technically is a spanish name) Rinaldo Rodolfo Serafino Tancredo>Mispelled>Tancredi Severino Vittore COMMON Alessandro Antonio Claudio Fedele Gabriele Giacomo Giuseppe Lorenzo Marcello Massimo Michele Paolo Pietro Pino (short for Giuseppe as "Tony" for "Antony") Raffaele Roberto Salvetore>Mispelled>Salvatore Serge>Mispelled>Sergio Stefano Vencentio>Mispelled>Vincenzo Vito Vittorio Some of the names you listed are almost never used, and few are misspelled. If you don’t mind I’ve reorganized for you the “male” list

UNLIKELY (especially in modern day settings, but useful for ancient Rome and medieval games)
Abaco
Acario
Addo
Agosto
Arrone
Balderico
Beltramo
Casimiro
Clodoveo
Dalmazio
Orazio
Lothario >mispelled > Lotario
Zanipolo

UNCOMMON
Ercole
Danilo
Raul (technically is a spanish name)
Rinaldo
Rodolfo
Serafino
Tancredo>Mispelled>Tancredi
Severino
Vittore

COMMON
Alessandro
Antonio
Claudio
Fedele
Gabriele
Giacomo
Giuseppe
Lorenzo
Marcello
Massimo
Michele
Paolo
Pietro
Pino (short for Giuseppe as “Tony” for “Antony”)
Raffaele
Roberto
Salvetore>Mispelled>Salvatore
Serge>Mispelled>Sergio
Stefano
Vencentio>Mispelled>Vincenzo
Vito
Vittorio

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