Corsican Name Generator

Island names in Corsican and French forms

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Generate Corsican names in both of the island's registers: Corsican-language forms like Lisandru Leccia, Vannina Renucci and Ghjuvan Battista Emmanuelli beside French register forms like Ange-Toussaint Leca, Marie-Ange Vincentelli and Don-Jacques Sorba.

About Corsican names

A Corsican name usually lives in two forms. Corsica has been French since the 18th century and its civil register is kept in French, so a man written down as Dominique, Toussaint, Ange or Jean-Baptiste is Dumenicu, Santu, Anghjulu or Ghjuvan Battista in Corsican speech, and a Laetitia is Letizia. In recent decades parents have also registered the Corsican forms directly, which is why Lisandru, Ghjulia and Lesia now appear on paper. This list holds both layers: names spelled with ghj and chj and masculine names ending in -u (Ghjuvanni, Chjara, Petru, Francescu) are the Corsican forms, and Pierre, Pascal, Xavière and Marie-Ange are the French ones.

Compound names are an old island habit. Don, once a title of respect, became part of the given name in Don-Jacques and Don-Pierre, and pairs such as Ange-Toussaint, Pierre-Paul, Ghjuvan Petru and Petr'Antone are everywhere, as are saints venerated locally: Divota, Ghjulia, Restituda.

Surnames mostly end in -i and often grew from a forefather's given name: Paoli, Pietri, Mattei, Luciani, Filippi. Endings in -oni, -acci, -elli and -ucci (Santoni, Pantalacci, Biancarelli, Santucci) are typical, and a few names come from places, such as Ornano and Casabianca. Most entries are full names, with some given names and surnames standing alone.

How to choose Corsican names

  • Decide which layer the scene needs. Town hall papers, school rolls and newspapers use the French form, while family and village talk use the Corsican one, so one character can be Dominique on a passport and Dumenicu at home.
  • Read ghj and chj as single sounds, roughly a soft "dy" and "ty". Ghjuvanni has three syllables and Chjara two.
  • Give older or traditional characters a compound name such as Don-Jacques, Ange-Toussaint or Marie-Toussainte. In Corsican the first part shortens or elides, as in Ghjuvan Petru, Petr'Antone and Marc'Antone.
  • Leave the surname alone when you switch languages. Leca, Paoli and Casabianca are written the same in French and in Corsican, and only the given name changes.
  • Search a full name before you give it to a main character. The island's stock of names is small, so an ordinary pairing can belong to a real person.

Frequently asked questions

Why do Corsicans have a French name and a Corsican name?

The civil register is kept in French, while Corsican, a language close to the Tuscan dialects of Italian, is spoken at home and in the village. The same person can therefore be Pascal on documents and Pasquale in speech, or Xavier and Saveriu, or Jeanne and Ghjuvanna. Today some parents register the Corsican form itself.

What are typical Corsican surnames?

Paoli, Casanova, Colonna, Pietri, Luciani, Mattei, Albertini, Santoni, Leca, Poli, Filippi and Bartoli are among the best known, and all of them are in this list. Most Corsican surnames end in -i, and many are built on a given name, such as Pietri on Pietro and Mattei on Matteo.

What does Don mean in a name like Don-Jacques?

It began as a title of respect, as in Italian and Spanish, and in Corsica it fused with the given name. Don-Jacques, Don-Pierre and Don-Paul are single first names, not a title plus a name. The list has Corsican versions too, such as Don Ghjacumu Geronimi and Don Petru Serpaggi.

Are the full names in this list real people?

They are ordinary pairings of Corsican given names and surnames, not portraits of anyone. The list was screened for duplicates, and on an island with a small stock of names some pairs are bound to match real people. Search a name before you publish it.

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A: 56 names

  • Abbatucci
  • Achille Cuttoli
  • Achille Luzi
  • Agostini
  • Albertini
  • André Massiani
  • Andria
  • Andria Galeazzi
  • Andria Morazzani
  • Ange Quilichini
  • Ange-Marie Giacomoni
  • Ange-Mathieu Tramoni
  • Ange-Pierre Paolacci
  • Ange-Toussaint Leca
  • Ange-Toussaint Vesperini
  • Angèle Casanova
  • Angèle Casta
  • Anghjula
  • Anghjula Muracciole
  • Anghjula Poletti
  • Anghjulina Canioni
  • Anghjulina Cesari
  • Anghjulu
  • Anghjulu Andreani
  • Anghjulu Maria Alessandri
  • Anghjulu Maria Sinibaldi
  • Anghjulu Medori
  • Anghjulu Santu Leonetti

A, continued

  • Anghjulu Tomasi
  • Anna Maria Nicoli
  • Anna Paolantonacci
  • Anna Vincensini
  • Anne-Marie Sansonetti
  • Annonciade Mozziconacci
  • Annonciade Poli
  • Antoine Alfonsi
  • Antoine Orticoni
  • Antoine-Dominique Simonpietri
  • Antoinette Mosconi
  • Anton Francescu Agostini
  • Anton Marcu Tramoni
  • Antone
  • Antone Simeoni
  • Antone Tafani
  • Antone Vincensini
  • Antonia Coppolani
  • Antonia Sorba
  • Antunietta
  • Antunietta Mannoni
  • Antunietta Nicolai
  • Assunta Lovichi
  • Assunta Peraldi
  • Augustin Savelli
  • Austinu Canioni
  • Austinu Cardi
  • Austinu Pasqualini

B: 18 names

  • Baptiste Maroselli
  • Baptiste Raffalli
  • Baptistine Pancrazi
  • Barthélemy Geronimi
  • Barthélemy Nicolai
  • Bartoli
  • Bastianu Balesi
  • Bastianu Giovannoni
  • Bastianu Mondoloni
  • Battesti
  • Battistina
  • Battistina Orticoni
  • Battistina Ucciani
  • Battistu Defendini
  • Battistu Ornano
  • Battistu Polverelli
  • Bernardu Desanti
  • Bernardu Graziani

C: 27 names

  • Camille Bonifaci
  • Camille Olivesi
  • Carlu
  • Carlu Pieretti
  • Carlu Renucci
  • Carlu Vinciguerra
  • Casabianca
  • Casanova
  • Catalina
  • Catalina Ciavaldini
  • Catalina Galeazzi
  • Catherine Terrazzoni
  • Ceccaldi
  • César Peretti
  • Cesari
  • Charles Arrighi
  • Charles Lanfranchi
  • Charles-Antoine Paoli
  • Charles-Antoine Serpaggi
  • Chjara
  • Chjara Orsatelli
  • Chjara Susini
  • Claire Rinieri
  • Colomba Giovannoni
  • Colomba Simeoni
  • Colonna
  • Colonna d'Istria

D: 23 names

  • Dévote Chiappe
  • Dévote Sammarcelli
  • Divota
  • Divota Maestracci
  • Divota Nivaggioli
  • Dominique Predali
  • Dominique-Antoine Cristofari
  • Don Ghjacumu Geronimi
  • Don Petru Serpaggi
  • Don-Georges Sammarcelli
  • Don-Jacques Perfettini
  • Don-Jacques Sorba
  • Don-Joseph Ortoli
  • Don-Louis Stefanaggi
  • Don-Mathieu Ottavi
  • Don-Paul Franceschi
  • Don-Pierre Natali
  • Dumenica
  • Dumenica Graziani
  • Dumenica Marcaggi
  • Dumenicu
  • Dumenicu Battesti
  • Dumenicu Massoni

E: 5 names

  • Élisabeth Luzi
  • Élisabeth Santucci
  • Étienne Simeoni
  • Étienne Vesperini
  • Ettori

F: 27 names

  • Faustine Giudicelli
  • Faustine Peretti
  • Federicu Poggioli
  • Federicu Tristani
  • Felicia Sammarcelli
  • Felicia Vincentelli
  • Félicie Cardi
  • Félicie Scamaroni
  • Félix Stromboni
  • Filippi
  • Filippu Casta
  • Filippu Ortoli
  • Filippu Ucciani
  • Fiora Cuttoli
  • Fiora Sinibaldi
  • Francesca
  • Francesca Antonetti
  • Francesca Cervoni
  • Francescu
  • Francescu Casabianca
  • Francescu Padovani
  • François Mosconi
  • François Ristori
  • François-Marie Mannoni
  • François-Xavier Casta
  • Françoise Maestracci
  • Françoise Sorba

G: 49 names

  • Ghjacumina
  • Ghjacumina Bonifaci
  • Ghjacumina Polverelli
  • Ghjacumu
  • Ghjacumu Martinetti
  • Ghjacumu Paolantonacci
  • Ghjacumu Poletti
  • Ghjilormu
  • Ghjilormu Alfonsi
  • Ghjilormu Marcaggi
  • Ghjiseppa
  • Ghjiseppa Flori
  • Ghjiseppa Poggioli
  • Ghjiseppu
  • Ghjiseppu Luciani
  • Ghjiseppu Maria Mattei
  • Ghjiseppu Pancrazi
  • Ghjorghju
  • Ghjorghju Ciavaldini
  • Ghjorghju Ferracci
  • Ghjulia
  • Ghjulia Ornano
  • Ghjulia Santoni
  • Ghjuliu Bonifaci

G, continued

  • Ghjuliu Saliceti
  • Ghjuliu Sansonetti
  • Ghjuvan Andria Terrazzoni
  • Ghjuvan Battista Emmanuelli
  • Ghjuvan Carlu Coppolani
  • Ghjuvan Dumenicu Sebastiani
  • Ghjuvan Filippu Ettori
  • Ghjuvan Francescu Paolantonacci
  • Ghjuvan Francescu Vellutini
  • Ghjuvan Ghjacumu Vittori
  • Ghjuvan Matteu Vinciguerra
  • Ghjuvan Paulu Pasqualini
  • Ghjuvan Paulu Tavera
  • Ghjuvan Petru Giansily
  • Ghjuvan Santu Tafani
  • Ghjuvanna
  • Ghjuvanna Battesti
  • Ghjuvanna Quilichini
  • Ghjuvanni
  • Ghjuvanni Biancarelli
  • Ghjuvanni Luzi
  • Ghjuvanni Pantalacci
  • Giacobbi
  • Grazia Cristofini
  • Grazia Nasica

H: 2 names

  • Horace Pantalacci
  • Hyacinthe Peraldi

I: 2 names

  • Ignaziu Casalta
  • Ignaziu Spinosi

J: 28 names

  • Jacqueline Mannoni
  • Jacqueline Renucci
  • Jacques Giovannoni
  • Jacques Vinciguerra
  • Jacques-Antoine Bartoli
  • Jean-André Casabianca
  • Jean-Baptiste Medori
  • Jean-Baptiste Tavera
  • Jean-Charles Leonetti
  • Jean-Dominique Marcellesi
  • Jean-François Luccioni
  • Jean-Jacques Scamaroni
  • Jean-Marie Agostini
  • Jean-Mathieu Olivesi
  • Jean-Noël Colombani
  • Jean-Pierre Chiappe
  • Jean-Toussaint Orsatelli
  • Jean-Toussaint Sinibaldi
  • Jeanne Canioni
  • Jeanne Lovichi
  • Jérôme Marcellesi
  • Jérôme Susini
  • Joseph Dominici
  • Joseph Ornano
  • Joseph-Antoine Desanti
  • Joseph-Marie Bozzi
  • Joséphine Culioli
  • Julie Spinosi

L: 34 names

  • Laetitia Medori
  • Laetitia Raffalli
  • Laura Simeoni
  • Laurent Santucci
  • Leca
  • Lesia
  • Lesia Alfonsi
  • Letizia Sebastiani
  • Lisabetta
  • Lisabetta Casabianca
  • Lisabetta Mozziconacci
  • Lisandrina
  • Lisandrina Acquaviva
  • Lisandrina Massiani
  • Lisandru
  • Lisandru Leccia
  • Lisandru Moracchini
  • Livia Nicoli
  • Livia Pasquini
  • Lucca Mozziconacci
  • Lucca Predali
  • Lucia Luzi
  • Lucia Ristori
  • Luciani
  • Lucie Flori
  • Lucien Renucci
  • Lucien Scamaroni
  • Lucien Ucciani
  • Lucrezia Giovannoni
  • Lucrezia Giudicelli
  • Luigi Franzini
  • Luigi Multedo
  • Lurenzu Acquaviva
  • Lurenzu Nicoli

M: 67 names

  • Madeleine Pieretti
  • Marc Paolantonacci
  • Marc'Antone Orticoni
  • Marc-Antoine Guidoni
  • Marc-Antoine Lanfranchi
  • Marcu Bozzi
  • Marcu Maroselli
  • Marcu Stefanaggi
  • Margarita Massoni
  • Margarita Mosconi
  • Marguerite Bozzi
  • Marguerite Saliceti
  • Maria Anghjula Lovichi
  • Maria Anghjula Ornano
  • Maria Antunietta Ristori
  • Maria Catalina Ortoli
  • Maria Catalina Tristani
  • Maria Dumenica Dominici
  • Maria Dumenica Paoli
  • Maria Francesca Luccioni
  • Maria Ghjiseppa Casabianca
  • Maria Ghjiseppa Leccia
  • Maria Ghjuvanna Olivesi
  • Maria Lucia Mondoloni
  • Maria Pietri
  • Maria Rosa Versini
  • Maria Santucci
  • Maria Saveria Natali
  • Maria Stella Biancarelli
  • Maria Stella Quilichini
  • Marie-Ange Vincentelli
  • Marie-Angèle Savelli
  • Marie-Antoinette Morazzani

M, continued

  • Marie-Catherine Santoni
  • Marie-Dévote Alessandri
  • Marie-Dominique Coppolani
  • Marie-Françoise Emmanuelli
  • Marie-Jeanne Nivaggioli
  • Marie-Josée Giansily
  • Marie-Madeleine Poletti
  • Marie-Paule Nasica
  • Marie-Thérèse Padovani
  • Marie-Toussainte Lovichi
  • Marie-Xavière Battesti
  • Marta Morazzani
  • Marta Paolacci
  • Martinu Olivesi
  • Martinu Raffini
  • Matalena
  • Matalena Casalta
  • Matalena Giacomoni
  • Mathieu Mattei
  • Mathieu Nasica
  • Mattea Defendini
  • Mattea Mondoloni
  • Mattei
  • Matteu
  • Matteu Albertini
  • Matteu Cervoni
  • Matteu Giovannangeli
  • Michel Desanti
  • Michel Simonpietri
  • Michel-Ange Mosconi
  • Michela Andreani
  • Michela Savelli
  • Michele Chiappe
  • Michele Cuttoli

N: 16 names

  • Natale Rovere
  • Natale Stromboni
  • Natale Vesperini
  • Niculaiu Antonetti
  • Niculaiu Poli
  • Niculaiu Savelli
  • Noël Ferracci
  • Noël Morazzani
  • Noëlle Franceschi
  • Noëlle Tramoni
  • Nonce Balesi
  • Nonce Giudicelli
  • Nunzia Agostini
  • Nunzia Simonpietri
  • Nunziata Giansily
  • Nunziata Pasqualini

O: 9 names

  • Ornano
  • Ors'Antone Defendini
  • Orsoni
  • Orsu
  • Orsu Flori
  • Orsu Perfettini
  • Orsu Susini
  • Orsula Ferracci
  • Orsula Vinciguerra

P: 56 names

  • Pancrace Franzini
  • Pancrace Ottavi
  • Pancraziu Cristofari
  • Pancraziu Leca
  • Paoli
  • Pascal Massoni
  • Pascal Spinosi
  • Pascale Giacomoni
  • Pasquale
  • Pasquale Dominici
  • Pasquale Orsoni
  • Pasqualina Colombani
  • Pasquina
  • Pasquina Luccioni
  • Pasquina Tomasi
  • Paul Coppolani
  • Paul Ettori
  • Paul'Andria Ferrandi
  • Paul'Andria Paolacci
  • Paul-André Muselli
  • Paul-Antoine Galeazzi
  • Paul-Félix Balesi
  • Paul-François Gavini
  • Paula Filippi
  • Paula Pieretti
  • Paule Cristofari
  • Pauline Leccia
  • Paulu

P, continued

  • Paulu Emmanuelli
  • Paulu Francescu Cesari
  • Paulu Mattei
  • Paulu Matteu Polverelli
  • Paulu Versini
  • Peretti
  • Petr'Antone Martinetti
  • Petr'Antone Ucciani
  • Petra Biancarelli
  • Petra Chiappe
  • Petru
  • Petru Maria Bartoli
  • Petru Massiani
  • Petru Paulu Ferracci
  • Petru Paulu Susini
  • Petru Rinieri
  • Petru Santu Rovere
  • Pierre Biancarelli
  • Pierre-Antoine Canioni
  • Pierre-François Mondoloni
  • Pierre-Paul Cristofini
  • Pierre-Paul Rinieri
  • Pierre-Toussaint Maestracci
  • Pierrette Cesari
  • Pierrette Stefanaggi
  • Pietri
  • Poli
  • Pozzo di Borgo

Q: 1 name

  • Quilici

R: 17 names

  • Restituda
  • Restituda Culioli
  • Restituda Orsoni
  • Restitude Muselli
  • Rinatu Marcellesi
  • Rinatu Terrazzoni
  • Rocca Serra
  • Roccu Cristofini
  • Roccu Muracciole
  • Roccu Nasica
  • Roch Pasqualini
  • Rosa Pancrazi
  • Rosa Pieraggi
  • Rose Mattei
  • Rose Sebastiani
  • Rusina Saliceti
  • Rusina Scamaroni

S: 37 names

  • Sampieru Lanfranchi
  • Sampieru Quilichini
  • Santa Marcellesi
  • Santa Maroselli
  • Santina Paoli
  • Santina Tristani
  • Santoni
  • Santu
  • Santu Gavini
  • Santu Sammarcelli
  • Santu Simonpietri
  • Sauveur Carlotti
  • Sauveur Flori
  • Sauveur Poggioli
  • Saveria
  • Saveria Guidoni
  • Saveria Serpaggi
  • Saveriu
  • Saveriu Franceschi
  • Saveriu Geronimi
  • Sébastien Vincensini
  • Séraphine Desanti
  • Simeoni
  • Simon Cardi
  • Simon Casta
  • Simon Petru Massoni
  • Simon Petru Padovani
  • Simon-Jean Casanova
  • Simon-Pierre Defendini
  • Simone Ferrandi
  • Simone Maestracci
  • Simone Santucci
  • Stefanu Ettori
  • Stefanu Pieraggi
  • Stella Geronimi
  • Stella Leccia
  • Susini

T: 10 names

  • Teresa Giovannangeli
  • Thérèse Pietri
  • Thérèse Vincensini
  • Toussaint Andreani
  • Toussaint Pancrazi
  • Toussaint Santoni
  • Toussainte Ottavi
  • Tumasgiu
  • Tumasgiu Ottavi
  • Tumasgiu Tramoni

V: 11 names

  • Vanina Galeazzi
  • Vanina Nicoli
  • Vannina
  • Vannina Perfettini
  • Vannina Renucci
  • Vincent Cervoni
  • Vincent Raffini
  • Vincente Cesari
  • Vincente Pasquini
  • Vittoria Cardi
  • Vittoria Leonetti

X: 4 names

  • Xavier Bartoli
  • Xavier Casanova
  • Xavière Alessandri
  • Xavière Massiani

Z: 1 name

  • Zuccarelli