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Italian Given/Baptism Names – follow the pattern

Given Names

Italian given names are often derived from Biblical names, such as Giuseppe (Joseph) or from the names of a saint, such as Francesco (Francis).

When baptized, children were usually given several given names. Some of these may be the names of parents or other relatives. In some areas, names given at baptism were not the same names that the child used during life. Civil registration records may only list a child’s first given name, but church records (such as baptism registers) would list all of the given names.

In Italy a particular naming pattern was very common and continues to be used in some regions today. The following pattern may be helpful in researching family groups and determining the parents of the mother and father:

The first male child was often named for the father’s father.

The second boy was often named for the mother’s father.

The first female child was often named for the father’s mother.

The second girl was often named for the mother’s mother.

If a child died, often the name was given to the next child of that gender.

[Research Guidance: Italy - Research Outline] Research Guidance Version Of Data : 6/8/2001.

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I thought I would share a bit about my Bavetta relatives who came from Santa Margherita di Belice in Sicily.

My great grandfather Andrea Bavetta immigrated to the United States in 1915 from Santa Margherita. His first wife was Liboria Giovenco who died in Santa Margherita in 1908. Their children, all born in Santa Margherita were Luciano (my grandfather), Giuseppe, Calogero, Caterina, Rosalia and Domenica. Andrea remarried after the death of Liboria to Grazio Puccio and had another son, Vicenzo. After the family immigrated to the United States, they had two more children, Grace Helen and Liboria Bertha.

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