Sardinian Name Generator
Island given names with Sardinia's own surnames
Generate Sardinian full names that pair the island's saint and family names, from Gavino, Efisio and Bonaria to Sardinian-language forms such as Bobore, Juanne and Mallena, with surnames like Sechi, Puddu and Marongiu. Entries include Efisio Atzeni, Bonaria Cabras and Bustianu Fancello.
About Sardinian names
Sardinian names are easy to tell from mainland Italian ones, mostly by the surname. Island surnames end in -u, -as, -is and -a far more often than in the mainland's -i and -o: Porcu, Nieddu and Puddu, Marras and Solinas, Melis and Onnis, Sanna and Pinna. Spellings with tz and dd are another sign, as in Atzeni, Atzori, Zedda and Fadda. Many are everyday words of Sardinian, a Romance language of its own and not a variety of Italian, and the many that end in -s, such as Piras, Cabras and Floris, are plural forms.
Given names lean on local saints. Efisio belongs to Cagliari, where the saint's procession fills the city every May, Gavino to Porto Torres and Sassari, Antioco to the island of Sant'Antioco, and Bonaria to Our Lady of Bonaria, the island's patroness. Bachisio, Gonario, Lussorio, Sisinnio, Greca and Vitalia are hardly heard anywhere else.
Sardinians are registered under Italian forms, so most of the list uses them. One group gives the forms people use in Sardinian itself, such as Bobore for Salvatore, Juanne for Giovanni, Bustianu for Sebastiano and Mallena for Maddalena, and the rest covers double names, short forms and the names of younger islanders.
How to choose Sardinian names
- Let the saint place the character: Efisio or Greca for Cagliari and the Campidano plain, Gavino or Baingio for Sassari, Bachisio or Gonario for Nuoro and the Barbagia, Antioco for the Sulcis coast.
- Use the Italian form for documents and formal scenes and the Sardinian one in speech. A man registered as Salvatore may be Bobore or Tore to everyone who knows him.
- Keep the surname's spelling as it is. The final -u, the double dd and the tz of names like Pusceddu, Madeddu and Atzori are part of the name, and mainland-looking respellings read as mistakes.
- Double names suit older generations: Giovanni Maria, Pietro Paolo, Maria Bonaria and Maria Grazia place a character's birth well before the 1980s.
- These are common names and many living people share them. Search a full name yourself before you publish it on a character.
Frequently asked questions
How are Sardinian surnames different from Italian ones?
They come largely from the Sardinian language and keep its sounds, so endings in -u, -as and -is and spellings with tz and dd are typical: Porcu, Marras, Melis, Atzeni, Zedda. Surnames such as Sanna, Piras, Pinna and Melis are among the most common on the island and far less common in the rest of Italy.
What are typical Sardinian first names?
The most recognizable are saints' names tied to places on the island: Efisio, Gavino, Antioco, Bachisio, Gonario and Lussorio for men, and Bonaria, Gavina, Greca, Vitalia and Itria for women. They sit beside names used all over Italy, so the list also has entries like Giovanni Demontis and Chiara Atzori.
What are names like Bobore, Juanne and Mallena?
They are Sardinian-language forms of names that are registered in Italian: Bobore is Salvatore, Juanne is Giovanni, Bustianu is Sebastiano and Mallena is Maddalena. Forms differ between the north and center of the island and the south, so each entry keeps to one variety. Juanne Ladu and Mallena Puggioni are two of these entries.
Are these the names of real people?
No entry is meant to name a particular person. Every given name and surname here is in real use in Sardinia, the list was drafted by combining them, and we tried to leave out the full names of well-known public figures. With names this common, some living people will share a combination, so treat any match as a coincidence.
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All 500 Sardinian names
A: 55 names
- Adelasia Budroni
- Adelasia Derosas
- Aldo Deiola
- Aldo Pinna
- Alessandra Cocco
- Alessandra Siddi
- Alessandro Musu
- Alessandro Pirastu
- Alessandro Tocco
- Andrea Ligas
- Andrea Madeddu
- Andrea Selis
- Andria Onida
- Angela Cappai
- Angela Ligas
- Angelina Mura
- Angelino Podda
- Angelo Marcia
- Anna Congiu
- Anna Lisa Ruiu
- Anna Mannu
- Anna Maria Dettori
- Anna Paola Deiola
- Anna Piroddi
- Anna Rita Sanna
- Annetta Lampis
- Annica Mereu
- Annica Soddu
- Antioca Aru
- Antioca Uccheddu
- Antioco Collu
- Antioco Fadda
- Antioco Garau
- Antioco Mocci
- Antioco Pittau
- Antioco Uccheddu
- Antiogu Aresu
- Antiogu Sitzia
- Antonello Pinna
- Antonello Usai
- Antoni Masia
- Antonietta Piras
- Antonietta Ruiu
- Antonio Deplano
- Antonio Fenu
- Antonio Giuseppe Chessa
- Antonio Loche
- Antonio Maria Canu
- Antonio Maria Soddu
- Antonio Michele Ladu
- Antonio Scalas
- Assunta Farris
- Assunta Zedda
- Aurora Mallus
- Aurora Manconi
B: 37 names
- Bachis Sedda
- Bachisia Ladu
- Bachisia Soddu
- Bachisio Chironi
- Bachisio Ladu
- Bachisio Marongiu
- Bachisio Mele
- Bachisio Puggioni
- Bachisio Soddu
- Baingio Canu
- Baingio Unali
- Baingio Zichi
- Bainzu Oggiano
- Bantine Pes
- Barbara Lai
- Barbara Pilia
- Basilio Tegas
- Bastiano Trudu
- Battista Biancu
- Battistina Fancello
- Battistina Mulas
- Battistina Pinna
- Benedetta Erriu
- Bobore Chironi
- Bobore Mele
- Bonaria Atzeni
- Bonaria Cabras
- Bonaria Ibba
- Bonaria Lecca
- Bonaria Orrù
- Bonaria Pusceddu
- Bonaria Schirru
- Bonaria Zuddas
- Bore Puggioni
- Bruno Meloni
- Bustianu Cugusi
- Bustianu Fancello
C: 15 names
- Caderina Cugusi
- Carlo Azara
- Carlo Floris
- Carmela Dore
- Caterina Floris
- Caterina Unali
- Chiara Atzori
- Chiara Pirastu
- Claudio Cocco
- Costantina Calia
- Costantina Pes
- Costantino Carta
- Costantino Loddo
- Costantino Mereu
- Costantino Pes
D: 9 names
- Daniela Putzu
- Daniela Satta
- Daniele Murgia
- Daniele Ortu
- Davide Lutzu
- Davide Marras
- Davide Siddi
- Diego Cossu
- Domenica Loi
E: 30 names
- Efis Cancedda
- Efis Piludu
- Efisia Frau
- Efisia Garau
- Efisia Melis
- Efisia Pisu
- Efisia Puddu
- Efisio Argiolas
- Efisio Atzeni
- Efisio Lecca
- Efisio Mallus
- Efisio Orrù
- Efisio Pisu
- Efisio Pusceddu
- Efisio Zuddas
- Elena Zucca
- Eleonora Deplano
- Eleonora Macis
- Eleonora Mossa
- Elio Manca
- Elisabetta Pau
- Elisabetta Scalas
- Emanuela Biancu
- Emanuele Mameli
- Emanuele Pau
- Emma Azara
- Enrico Campus
- Enrico Masala
- Ettore Bacciu
- Ettore Serra
F: 19 names
- Fabrizio Melis
- Fabrizio Orgiana
- Federica Contu
- Federica Tatti
- Federico Satta
- Franca Orgiana
- Francesca Nieddu
- Francesca Pintus
- Francesca Uras
- Francesco Curreli
- Francesco Ignazio Lecca
- Francesco Nieddu
- Francesco Pani
- Francesco Zanda
- Franco Achenza
- Franco Puddu
- Frantzisca Delogu
- Frantziscu Carta
- Frantziscu Monni
G: 81 names
- Gantine Sini
- Gavina Cherchi
- Gavina Fois
- Gavina Manca
- Gavina Sechi
- Gavina Solinas
- Gavina Tedde
- Gavino Chessa
- Gavino Delogu
- Gavino Dettori
- Gavino Masia
- Gavino Oggiano
- Gavino Ruiu
- Gavino Sechi
- Gavino Tedde
- Gesuina Contu
- Gesuino Cocco
- Giacomo Schirru
- Giampaolo Cadeddu
- Giampaolo Loi
- Gian Luigi Marras
- Gian Mario Catte
- Gian Mario Deriu
- Gian Piero Atzori
- Gian Piero Mulas
- Gianfranco Asuni
- Gianfranco Nonnis
- Gianna Caria
- Gianni Mossa
- Gianni Secci
- Gianuario Derosas
- Gianuario Solinas
- Gino Saba
- Giorgia Lutzu
- Giorgia Pili
- Giorgio Falchi
- Giorgio Onnis
- Giorgio Saba
- Giovanna Masia
- Giovanna Porcu
G, continued
- Giovanni Andrea Delogu
- Giovanni Antonio Fois
- Giovanni Antonio Murru
- Giovanni Battista Corrias
- Giovanni Battista Usai
- Giovanni Demontis
- Giovanni Lampis
- Giovanni Maria Loddo
- Giovanni Maria Sechi
- Giovanni Michele Piras
- Giovanni Pireddu
- Giulia Desogus
- Giulia Marras
- Giuliana Deiola
- Giulio Maccioni
- Giulio Olla
- Giuseppe Addis
- Giuseppe Congiu
- Giuseppe Erriu
- Giuseppe Mulas
- Giuseppina Deiana
- Giuseppina Scanu
- Giusta Enna
- Giusta Sarais
- Gonaria Monni
- Gonaria Sedda
- Gonario Corrias
- Gonario Cugusi
- Gonario Fancello
- Gonario Monni
- Gonario Sedda
- Grazia Lampis
- Grazia Salis
- Grazia Trudu
- Graziano Ledda
- Graziella Oggiano
- Graziella Perra
- Greca Collu
- Greca Mocci
- Greca Pittau
- Greca Podda
I: 17 names
- Ignazia Sitzia
- Ignazia Vacca
- Ignazio Cabras
- Ignazio Frongia
- Ignazio Matta
- Ignazio Sollai
- Ilaria Vargiu
- Ilaria Virdis
- Ilenia Picciau
- Ilenia Zurru
- Irene Marcia
- Isidoro Macis
- Isidoro Sarais
- Italo Sanna
- Itria Chessa
- Itria Loddo
- Itria Mele
J: 3 names
- Juanna Chironi
- Juanne Ladu
- Juanne Soddu
L: 23 names
- Larentu Chessa
- Laura Camboni
- Laura Meleddu
- Leonardo Lostia
- Lorenzo Caria
- Lorenzo Sotgiu
- Luca Bellu
- Luca Isoni
- Luca Porcedda
- Lucia Addis
- Lucia Fadda
- Lucia Mameli
- Lughia Sechi
- Luigi Dessì
- Luigi Farris
- Luigi Mannu
- Luisa Achenza
- Luisella Pireddu
- Lussoria Cau
- Lussoria Spiga
- Lussorio Cau
- Lussorio Piludu
- Lussorio Spiga
M: 60 names
- Maddalena Chironi
- Maddalena Serra
- Mallena Ladu
- Mallena Puggioni
- Marcella Sabiu
- Marcello Trudu
- Marco Desogus
- Marco Fodde
- Marco Pintus
- Margherita Asuni
- Maria Antonietta Piredda
- Maria Antonietta Serra
- Maria Assunta Garau
- Maria Bonaria Frau
- Maria Bonaria Puddu
- Maria Deidda
- Maria Fenu
- Maria Franca Cabras
- Maria Giovanna Manca
- Maria Grazia Cossu
- Maria Grazia Solinas
- Maria Ignazia Pisu
- Maria Itria Marongiu
- Maria Laura Spanu
- Maria Luisa Murgia
- Maria Paola Floris
- Maria Rita Meloni
- Maria Sotgiu
- Maria Teresa Pilia
- Mariangela Bussu
- Mariangela Secci
- Mariano Corona
- Mariano Enna
- Mariedda Canu
- Mariella Zichi
- Mario Angioni
- Mario Coghe
- Mariolina Piga
- Marisa Demontis
- Mariuccia Ibba
- Marta Pani
- Martina Masala
- Martina Selis
- Massimo Bussu
- Massimo Demuro
- Massimo Perra
- Matteo Cherchi
- Matteo Sulis
- Matteo Usai
- Maurizio Pisanu
- Mauro Atzori
- Mauro Scanu
- Michela Fodde
- Michela Usai
- Michele Corda
- Michele Pilia
- Michele Tatti
- Micheli Marongiu
- Monica Falchi
- Monica Porcedda
N: 11 names
- Nanni Addis
- Natalina Tegas
- Nicola Podda
- Nicola Sini
- Nicola Vargiu
- Nicoletta Cannas
- Nigola Catte
- Nina Sarais
- Nino Contu
- Noemi Argiolas
- Noemi Isoni
O: 2 names
- Ornella Mureddu
- Ottavio Mura
P: 42 names
- Palmerio Deriu
- Palmerio Onida
- Pantaleo Ghiani
- Paola Demuro
- Paola Saba
- Paola Tocco
- Paolo Deidda
- Paolo Putzu
- Paolo Uras
- Pasca Corrias
- Pasquale Doneddu
- Pasqualina Cugusi
- Pasqualina Sini
- Paulicu Dettori
- Paulu Tedde
- Pedru Canu
- Pedru Deriu
- Peppina Spanu
- Peppino Loi
- Peppino Spiga
- Perdu Ghiani
- Pier Luigi Porcu
- Pier Paolo Mele
- Pier Paolo Zedda
- Pietrina Carta
- Pietrina Cossu
- Pietrina Marongiu
- Pietrina Mereu
- Pietrino Mannu
- Pietro Antonio Sedda
- Pietro Demurtas
- Pietro Fois
- Pietro Manconi
- Pietro Paolo Carta
- Pietro Paolo Onida
- Pietro Sabiu
- Pina Collu
- Pinuccio Vacca
- Priamo Sitzia
- Priamo Vacca
- Priamo Zedda
- Proto Budroni
R: 25 names
- Raffaele Cannas
- Raimonda Casula
- Raimondo Casula
- Raimondo Murtas
- Raimondo Usala
- Remundu Zichi
- Reparata Usai
- Riccardo Porcu
- Riccardo Zucca
- Rimedia Corrias
- Rimedia Deriu
- Rimedia Onida
- Rita Corda
- Rita Madeddu
- Rita Onnis
- Roberta Maccioni
- Roberta Sulis
- Roberto Caddeo
- Roberto Idini
- Roberto Piludu
- Rosa Coghe
- Rosa Zanda
- Rosalba Curreli
- Rosanna Angioni
- Rosanna Loche
S: 43 names
- Salvatore Angelo Tedde
- Salvatore Frau
- Salvatore Piredda
- Salvatore Tidu
- Salvatore Zurru
- Salvatorica Canu
- Salvatorica Delogu
- Salvatorica Dettori
- Salvatorica Piredda
- Sara Ledda
- Sara Musu
- Saturnino Ibba
- Saturnino Picciau
- Sebastiana Catte
- Sebastiana Puggioni
- Sebastiana Sanna
- Sebastiano Calia
- Sebastiano Catte
- Sebastiano Pintore
- Sergio Camboni
- Sergio Lai
- Silvia Ortu
- Silvia Pisanu
- Simona Carboni
- Simona Idini
- Simone Contu
- Simone Dore
- Simone Meleddu
- Simplicio Careddu
- Simplicio Spano
- Sisinnio Aru
- Sisinnio Concas
- Sisinnio Muscas
- Sisinnio Tuveri
- Sofia Cadeddu
- Sofia Campus
- Speranza Demurtas
- Speranza Murru
- Stefania Murtas
- Stefania Olla
- Stefano Cappai
- Stefano Murru
- Stefano Piroddi
T: 12 names
- Tatana Fancello
- Teresa Nonnis
- Tiziana Bellu
- Tiziana Frongia
- Tommaso Virdis
- Tonina Garau
- Tonino Carboni
- Tonino Farris
- Tonino Scalas
- Tore Pisu
- Tore Zedda
- Tottoi Corrias
U: 1 name
- Umberto Deiana
V: 11 names
- Valentina Caddeo
- Valentina Lai
- Valeria Bacciu
- Vincenza Meloni
- Vincenzo Mureddu
- Vincenzo Piras
- Vitalia Concas
- Vitalia Murgia
- Vitalia Tuveri
- Vittoria Doneddu
- Vittorio Spanu