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PERSON'S NAMES

All the most common names almost have one abbreviation of theirs (always oxyton words) and often a diversification (alteration) of the same one (addition of the suffix -ine, -ette, -otte). The shortened name is reported to the person of which we are speaking. Also the altered names have one abbreviation of theirs. The subtraction almost always consists of eliminating the only final syllable, except some rare exception (A' for Angele or Anne).

Names

abbreviations

Modified
altered apheretic [*]
Aitane [4] Aita'
Aitani'
Aitanine		  
Alfonze Alfo'    
Alfonza Fenzene'  Fenzenèlle  
Andòneje Ando'
'Ndo'
Toto'

Totonne [4]
'Ndòneje
Andòneja [2]
'Ndene' 
'Ndeno'
'Nduni'		  
'Ndenétte 
'Ndenòtte
'Ndunine
Angele A'
Angeli'
Angelo'
Angeline
Angelòtte


'Ngele
Angela
Angeli'
Angelo'
Angeline
Angelotte


'Ngela 
Anne A'
Anni'
Annine		 Nine [1]
Assunde  Assu'
'Ssu' 
Assundi' 
'Ssundì'

Assundine
'Ssunde 

'Ssundine
Bejase Bia'
Biagi'
Biagine		  
'Belloneje 'Bello'    
Bice Bi'
Bice' 
Bicette 		  
Brune Bru'    
Carle Ca'
Carlu'
Carlucce
Carlocchie [6]		  
Carméle Carme'
Carmeli'
Li'
Carmeline
Carmelòtte 

Line [1]
Catarine Catari'    
Crescjenze Crescjè'    
Crescenzelle Crescenzè'    
Denate Dena'
Denati'
Denatine		  
Domeniche Dome'
Demenecu'
Dumi' [4]
Mengu'
Mi'
Mi'
Demenecucce
Dumineje
Mengucce
Mimme 
Minghe

 
 
Domenica Dome'
Mengo'
Mimmi'
Mengotte
Mimmine		  
Felice (m.) Feli'     
Felicette (f.) Felice'
Felecio'
Feleciòtte		  
Felippe Feli'     
Filomene Filome'
Felemmo'
Felemmòtte		  
Frangische Frangì'
Frangeschi'
'Checchi'
'Ce'
'Cecchi'
Frangeschine		   

'Checchine
'Cecche
'Cecchine
Frangesche  (f.) [2]
Frangesche'
Frangeschélle		    
Franche Fra'
Frangu'
Frangucce		   
Gennare Genna'
Gennari'
Genno'
Gennarine
Gennòtte		   
Geuanne (m.) Geua'
Gia'
Gianne		  
Geuanne (f.) Geuanni'
Geuanno'
Vanno'
Geuannine
Geuannòtte

'Vannotte
Giacchine (Gioacchino) Giacchi'    
Giuseppe o Geseppe Giuse'
Peppi'
Pe'
Peppenu'
'Seppu'
Peppino
Peppe
Peppenucce



'Seppucce
Giuseppa [4]
Giuséppi'
Peppene'
Pi'
'Se'
'Seppo'
Giuséppine
Peppenèlle,


'Pine [1]
'Seppe
Seppòtte
'Gnàzeje (Ignazio) 'Gna'    
'Gnése (Agnese) 'Gne'    
Grazeje Gra'
Grazeje'
Grazejo'
Grazejette
Grazejòtte		  
Jerene Jere'    
Lé
Lejò'
Lejó' 
Lejòtte
Lejóne 		  
Lecì
Lecejè'
Lecejo'
Lecejétte
Lecejòtte		  
Lenarde (Leonardo) Lena'    
Leondine [8] Leondi', 'Ndi'    'Ndine
Luigge Lui'
Luiggi', Gi'
Giggi', Gi'
Gegio'
Luiggine
Giggìne
Gegiòtte 
'Gine
'Gine
Luche Lu'    
Luise Lui'
Levese'
Leveso'
Levesèlle
Levesòttle		  
Luciane Lucià'    
Marì  Mari'
Marie'
Mario'
Mariétte
Mariòtte		  
Màrie  Ma'
Mariu'
Mariucce		  
Matté [3]
Matteju'
Mattejucce		  
Mecalàngele Mechela'    
Mechele Meche'
Mecheli'
Mecheline
Michela [2] Micheli'
'Cheli'
Che' 
Chelo'		 Micheline
'Cheline
'Chéla [5] 
'Chelòtte
'Ndré o 'Ndréje 
(Andrea)
'Ndreu'

'Ndreucce
Nebbelucce [***] Nebbelu'    
Necóle  Neco' 
'Co' 
Nequeli'

Nequeline
'Cóle 
Nicolette 
Nequelette 		 Nicole'
Nequele'
'Quele'
Nine' [1]


Ninette [1]

'Quelette 
'Nnunzejate  'Nnunzeja'
'Nnunzejati'
'Nnunzejatine		  
Pasquale  Pasqua'
Pasquali'
Pasqualine
Pasqualotte		  
Pejètre Pie'    
Quengette
 Quenge'
Quengetti'
'Nge'
Quengettine

'Ngette
Questantine (m.) Questanti'
Ni' [1]
Ninu' 
Nine
Ninucce  [1]		  
Questantine (f.) Questanti'
Ni' [1]
Nine
Nenelle [1]		  
Raffajele (m.) Raffaje'
Raffajelu'
Raffajelucce		  
Raffaèlla (f.) Raffae'
Raffajelo'
Raffajelòtte		  
Rechele Rache'
'Che' 
'Cheli' 
'Chelo' 		  
'Chela [5]
'Cheline
'Chelòtte
Recucce (m.)  [4] Recu'    
Rechétte (f.) Reche'    
Isabbelle Isabbe'
'Sabbelli'		  
'Sabbelline
Salvadore Salvado'    
Salve [7] Sa'    
Savereje Save'    
Tresine Tresi'
tresene'
Tresenelle		  
Terese  Tere',
Teresi'
Treso'
Tresu'
Teresine 
Tresotte
Tresucce 		  
Sebastiane Sebastia'
'Vastia' 		  
'Vastiane
Uestine (m.) Uesti'
Uestenu'
Uestenucce		  
Uestine (f.) Uesti'
Uestenu'
Uestenu'
Uestenucce
Uestenelle		  
Vecejenze (m.) Veceje'
Vecenzi'
'Nzi'
Vecenzine

'Nzine
Vingenza (f.) [2]
Vecenze'
'Nze'
vecenzelle

'Nzelle
Vittorio Vitto'
Vittori'
Vittorîne		  
Zarrafîne Zarrafi'    

 

[*] 'Vastejâne, 'Nzîne, 'Ngele, 'Nzèlle, 'Ngètte, 'Chéla, 'Cóla, 'Sabbellîne, 'Ndenétte, 'Ndenejètte, etc...

[1] The name Nine (with its diminutive Nenelle, Ninette, Ninucce, etc... ) it is also a name by itself. Besides 'Nine and 'Ni' (Nino) there can be the apheretic diminuitive form of different names as Geuannîne, Marejannîne, Questandîne, etc... Also Line can be considered a name apart or an alteration of different other names (for ex. all those ending in -lîne). Also Pîne can be a name to itself or to have derivation from Giuseppîne.

[2] Michela, Vincenza, Francesca, Antonia, Giuseppa are a little used in the dialect that prefers the altered form: Michelîne. Vecenzèlle, Franceschélle, 'Ndenétte (Andonejétte), etc...

[3] Matté doesn't have the shortened form. Evidently the posssibile forms Ma' (Mareje) would have given confusion.

[4] Recucce is the equivalent of Enrico (Henry), Aitane of Gaetano, Totonne (and Totò) of 'Ndòneje; while Mimme, Dumineje, Minghe, etc... correspond to Domenico.
- Instead Rechétte is the equivalent of Enrichetta (Henrietta)

[5] - 'Chela is the apheretic form both of Michela and of Rachela.

[6] Carlocchie, more than an altered name, is used in the ways of say. - Te vejèste come 'nu Carlocchie.

[7] The name Salve can be considered both name to itself that a variation and abbreviation of Salvadore.

[8] 'Ndine > Leondine

 

 

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