Venetian Name Generator
Full names from the lagoon, the Republic and the Veneto
Venetian full names that pair the lagoon's own given forms with the surnames of Venice and the Veneto: Republic-era names like Zorzi Dandolo, Alvise Minotto and Marieta Contarini, island names like Bepi Boscolo and Zuane Scarpa, and modern ones like Giulia Zanatta.
About Venetian names
Venice has its own language, and its names show it. In Venetian, Giovanni becomes Zuane, Giorgio becomes Zorzi, Angelo becomes Anzolo, Bartolomeo becomes Bortolo and Luigi becomes Alvise, the given name most closely tied to the city. The same sound changes are written on the map: the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo is San Zanipolo, and San Tommaso is San Tomà. Women's forms follow suit, as in Marieta, Zanetta, Anzola and Cattarina.
Surnames come in two layers. The patrician houses of the Republic, entered in the Golden Book, are the famous ones: Contarini, Morosini, Dandolo, Mocenigo, Loredan, Grimani. They are a minority here, as they were in the city. Most Venetians carried names like Scarpa, Vianello, Busetto and Zennaro, and the mainland Veneto is known for surnames that drop the final vowel: Trevisan, Visentin, Furlan, Padovan, Zanon, Marangon. Chioggia adds Boscolo and Tiozzo, and Murano its glassmaking families such as Barovier, Seguso and Toso.
Every entry is a full name. The list runs from Republic-era pairings for historical fiction, including sailors' bynames from the Stato da Mar such as Zorzi da Candia, through lagoon nicknames like Bepi, Toni and Nane, to the Veneto of the last century and today.
How to choose Venetian names
- Match the form to the period. Zuane, Zorzi and Anzolo suit the Republic, which fell in 1797, while a modern character is Giovanni, Giorgio or Angelo. Alvise is the one old form parents still choose today.
- Keep a patrician surname for a character who should be noble. A Contarini or a Morosini sits in the Great Council, while a Scarpa, a Busetto or a Tagliapietra, whose name means stonecutter, works with his hands.
- Place a character with the surname. Boscolo, Tiozzo and Penzo point to Chioggia, Barovier and Seguso to Murano, Zanatta and Piovesan to Treviso, Rampazzo and Schiavon to Padua, and Dalla Costa and Zordan to Vicenza.
- Use the short forms in dialogue. Giuseppe is Bepi, Antonio is Toni, Giovanni is Nane, Battista is Tita and Francesco is Checco.
- Search a full name before you publish it. The noble families reused the same few given names for centuries, so a pairing can match a historical officeholder by chance.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a name Venetian rather than Italian?
Two things: the Venetian-language form of the given name and the shape of the surname. Zuane Minotto would be Giovanni Minotto in standard Italian, and Cattarina Zennaro would be Caterina. Surnames that end in a consonant, such as Trevisan, Furlan and Zanon, are a hallmark of the Veneto, because most Italian surnames end in a vowel.
Which surnames in the list belong to the old noble families?
Contarini, Morosini, Dandolo, Mocenigo, Foscari, Loredan, Grimani and Venier are among the patrician houses that held the offices of the Republic, and the list sets them beside smaller houses such as Minotto, Bollani and Duodo. Bortolo Contarini, Foscarina Loredan and Lunardo Grimani are examples. About one entry in five carries a patrician surname, and the rest belong to ordinary Venetian and Veneto families.
Can I use these names for historical fiction set in the Republic?
Yes. Pick the entries with Venetian forms, such as Vettor Foscari, Marin Vio or Nicolò da Corfù, and leave the modern ones like Mattia Zanatta for present-day stories. The patrician houses handed the same few given names down for centuries, so a pairing can match a recorded officeholder by chance. Search a name before you build a story on it.
Are these the names of real people?
No. Each entry pairs a given form and a surname that are in use in Venice or the Veneto. A combination can match a living or historical person by chance, so treat every name as an invention.
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All 500 Venetian names
A: 58 names
- Adele Sartorato
- Agnese Bison
- Agnese Pitteri
- Agnesina Barbarigo
- Agostin da Murano
- Agostin Favaro
- Agostin Foscarini
- Agostin Venier
- Alberto Dei Rossi
- Alberto Schiavon
- Alessandro Mazzocato
- Alessia Da Re
- Alessia Favaretto
- Alice Lonardi
- Alice Marella
- Almorò Cappello
- Almorò Vitturi
- Alvise Bollani
- Alvise da Torcello
- Alvise Fabris
- Alvise Marella
- Alvise Minotto
- Alvise Sambo
- Alvise Signoretto
- Alvise Vianello
- Alvise Zanin
- Amabile Bortolato
- Amedeo Rizzato
- Ampelio Busato
- Andrea Cescon
- Andrea De Bona
- Andrea Ghezzo
- Andrea Vidal
- Andrea Zulian
- Andriana Foscari
- Andriana Zanchi
- Angelina Pasqualetto
- Anna Dabalà
- Anna Maria Foscarini
- Anna Salmaso
- Annalisa Furlan
- Antonietta Zorzetto
- Antonio Dalla Pietà
- Antonio Salamon
- Anzola Busetto
- Anzola Dandolo
- Anzola Nason
- Anzolo Busetto
- Anzolo da Curzola
- Anzolo Falier
- Anzolo Morosini
- Anzolo Sartor
- Arianna Vio
- Armando Polato
- Arrigo Pizzato
- Arturo Mazzucato
- Assunta Poletto
- Attilio Ceccato
B: 28 names
- Bastian Barovier
- Bastian da Rovigno
- Bastian Fornasier
- Bastian Morosini
- Bastian Niero
- Bastian Vendramin
- Batista Cagnin
- Benedetta Rigon
- Bepi Boscolo
- Bepi Tagliapietra
- Bepi Zennaro
- Bernardo Zorzi
- Bernardo Zuliani
- Bertuccio Civran
- Betta Cenedese
- Betta Pasqualigo
- Betta Rosada
- Bettina Malipiero
- Bettina Vendrame
- Bianca Memo
- Bortolo Contarini
- Bortolo da Lesina
- Bortolo Pesaro
- Bortolo Tessaro
- Bortolo Toso
- Bortolo Zennaro
- Bruna Nordio
- Bruno Tiozzo
C: 26 names
- Camilla Pagan
- Camilla Zorzi
- Carlo Barison
- Caterina Franzoi
- Catina Callegaro
- Catina Costantini
- Cattarina Barovier
- Cattarina Morosini
- Cattarina Zennaro
- Cecilia Casarin
- Cecilia Zane
- Checca Favaretto
- Checca Penzo
- Checco Ghezzo
- Checco Ravagnan
- Checco Zecchin
- Chiara Busetto
- Chiara Piovesan
- Chiara Soranzo
- Chiara Triches
- Chiaretta Zuliani
- Claudio Toniolo
- Clorinda Zuccato
- Costanza Pistolato
- Cristian De Nardi
- Cristofolo Bellin
D: 13 names
- Damiano Faccin
- Daniel Condulmer
- Daniele Masiero
- Davide Costantini
- Davide Feltrin
- Davide Tormen
- Denis Pozzobon
- Devis De Marchi
- Diego Rigon
- Domenego da Burano
- Domenego Giustinian
- Domenego Gradenigo
- Domenego Marangon
E: 21 names
- Edda Scantamburlo
- Edoardo Dalla Vecchia
- Edoardo Pitteri
- Egidio Sartorato
- Elda Sambo
- Elena Bragadin
- Elena Gavagnin
- Elena Masiero
- Eleonora Peruzzo
- Elia Bedin
- Elia Zambon
- Elio Simionato
- Elisa Pozzobon
- Elisa Zennaro
- Elisabetta Garbin
- Elvira Rizzato
- Emanuele Peruzzo
- Enrico Bognolo
- Enrico Rampazzo
- Erminia Vecchiato
- Ettore Vecchiato
F: 23 names
- Fabio Boaretto
- Fabio Zantedeschi
- Fantin Malipiero
- Fantina Memmo
- Faustina Pesaro
- Fausto Zuccato
- Federica Chinellato
- Federica Da Ros
- Federico Salmaso
- Federico Vidal
- Felice Ballarin
- Felice Visentin
- Ferigo Priuli
- Ferruccio Turcato
- Filippo Chinellato
- Filippo Varotto
- Foscarina Loredan
- Francesca Scarpa
- Francesca Viel
- Francesco Lazzarin
- Francesco Memo
- Francesco Nani
- Francesco Zanchi
G: 35 names
- Gabriele Zarantonello
- Gaia Dalla Costa
- Gasparo Callegaro
- Gasparo da Mestre
- Gasparo Valier
- Gasparo Zane
- Gastone Lovato
- Gelsomina Busato
- Gemma Polato
- Giacomo Rosada
- Giacomo Tognon
- Giambattista Visentin
- Giancarlo Baldan
- Gianfranco Pavan
- Gianluigi Cavallin
- Gianmarco Zanatta
- Gianni Callegari
- Gianpaolo Furlan
- Gigi Bellemo
- Gigi Bressanello
- Gina Bellemo
- Ginevra Xausa
- Gino Padoan
- Giorgia Grandesso
- Giorgia Varotto
- Giovanni Gavagnin
- Giovanni Zoccarato
- Girolamo Duodo
- Giulia Vianello
- Giulia Zanatta
- Giuliano Zordan
- Giustina Bellin
- Giustina Dolfin
- Graziella Miotto
- Guerrino Bortolato
I: 18 names
- Ida Pastrello
- Igino Boschetto
- Igor Bonfante
- Ilaria Dei Rossi
- Ilaria Schiavon
- Ines Perini
- Iole Vettorello
- Irene Carraro
- Irene Vidal
- Irma Tonello
- Isabella Michiel
- Iseppo Brusegan
- Iseppo da Caorle
- Iseppo Padovan
- Italia Ceccato
- Italo Varagnolo
- Ivan Carollo
- Ivo Perini
J: 6 names
- Jacomo Civran
- Jacomo Corner
- Jacomo da Chioggia
- Jacomo Favaretto
- Jacomo Nason
- Jacopo Scarpa
L: 33 names
- Laura Priuli
- Leonardo Dal Lago
- Leonardo Quintavalle
- Libera Chinellato
- Libera Ravagnan
- Linda Dal Maso
- Livio Coletto
- Loredana Brunello
- Lorenzo Baseggio
- Lorenzo Minotto
- Lorenzo Vendrame
- Loris Bortolotto
- Luca Aldegheri
- Luca da Durazzo
- Luca Dabalà
- Luca Marcon
- Luca Zabeo
- Lucia Zambon
- Luciano Voltolina
- Lucietta Baseggio
- Lucietta Bembo
- Lucietta Boscolo
- Ludovica Bognolo
- Lugrezia Barbini
- Lugrezia Venier
- Lugrezia Zabeo
- Luigia Coletto
- Lunardo da Capodistria
- Lunardo Grimani
- Lunardo Mazzega
- Lunardo Rosada
- Lunardo Zago
- Lunardo Zen
M: 69 names
- Maddalena Folin
- Maddalena Zantedeschi
- Manuel Da Ros
- Marcantonio Balbi
- Marcantonio Bollani
- Marcantonio Favaro
- Marco Albanese
- Marco Ballarin
- Marco Bortoluzzi
- Marco D'Este
- Marco da Pellestrina
- Marco Erizzo
- Marco Montresor
- Marco Nordio
- Marcolina Grimani
- Margarita Padovan
- Margherita Fullin
- Maria Chiara Zanella
- Maria Elisabetta Grimani
- Maria Giustina Contarini
- Maria Grazia Baldan
- Maria Luisa Visentin
- Maria Pia Pavan
- Maria Teresa Trevisan
- Mariangela Zanon
- Marieta Contarini
- Marieta Scarpa
- Marieta Seguso
- Marin Coin
- Marin da Cattaro
- Marin Mocenigo
- Marin Seguso
- Marin Tiepolo
- Marin Vio
M, continued
- Marina Bressan
- Marina Carrer
- Marina Erizzo
- Mario Penzo
- Marta Costantini
- Marta Pegoraro
- Marta Zandonella
- Martina Tagliapietra
- Martina Zanchetta
- Massimo Michelotto
- Massimo Pistolato
- Matilde Gregolin
- Matio Brusegan
- Matio da Cipro
- Matteo Da Rold
- Matteo Grandesso
- Matteo Pizzolato
- Mattia Favaretto
- Mattia Zanatta
- Maurizio Dal Maso
- Mauro Dalla Costa
- Menega Marangon
- Menega Vio
- Menego Pavan
- Michele Carraro
- Michele Franzoi
- Michele Mantovan
- Michiel Navagero
- Michiel Soranzo
- Mirella Minto
- Mirko Zanchetta
- Momolo Bullo
- Momolo Costantini
- Momolo Garbin
- Moreno Da Re
N: 19 names
- Nane Penzo
- Nane Vianello
- Nane Vio
- Narciso Michieletto
- Nereo Meneguzzo
- Nicola Dal Farra
- Nicola Piovesan
- Nicoletto Casarin
- Nicolò Busetto
- Nicolò da Corfù
- Nicolò Fuga
- Nicolò Ghezzo
- Nicolò Vitturi
- Nineta Dei Rossi
- Nineta Favaro
- Nino Scarpa
- Nives Bullo
- Nives Giacomello
- Norma Voltolina
O: 9 names
- Olindo Pasqualetto
- Onorina Mazzucato
- Oreste Poletto
- Ornella Bastianello
- Orsetta Ghezzo
- Orsetta Gradenigo
- Orsetta Tiozzo
- Orsola Brusegan
- Ottorino Rossetto
P: 29 names
- Palmira Turcato
- Paolina Balbi
- Paolo Scandola
- Pasqua Ballarin
- Pasqua Vio
- Pasqualina Cagnin
- Pier Antonio Bressan
- Pier Antonio Tron
- Pieralvise Molin
- Pierangelo Zampieri
- Pierantonio Zanella
- Pierina Michieletto
- Pierluigi Zanon
- Piero Baseggio
- Piero Camuffo
- Piero Cenedese
- Piero da Zara
- Piero Munaro
- Piero Nalesso
- Piero Tron
- Pietro Marchioro
- Pietro Tagliapietra
- Pisana Badoer
- Polissena Querini
- Polo da Spalato
- Polo Memmo
- Polo Tagliapietra
- Polo Venier
- Primo Zorzetto
R: 13 names
- Regina Falier
- Regina Lovato
- Remigio Gasparotto
- Renzo Doria
- Riccardo Carrer
- Riccardo Dotto
- Rina Camuffo
- Rino Miotto
- Roberto Crepaldi
- Roberto Destro
- Romeo Zanotto
- Romilda Pizzato
- Ruggero Maculan
S: 24 names
- Samaritana Corner
- Samuele Pozza
- Sandro Bonivento
- Sante Minto
- Santina Bonivento
- Santina Rossetto
- Sara Bonfante
- Sara Ghezzo
- Sebastiano Gregolin
- Serena Baseggio
- Serena Rampazzo
- Sergio Boscolo
- Silvana Zanotto
- Silvano Tonello
- Silvia Ballarin
- Silvia De Marchi
- Simon Folin
- Simone De Col
- Simone Gasparetto
- Simone Pagan
- Sofia Tognon
- Stefano Fullin
- Stefano Nalesso
- Stefano Pegoraro
T: 19 names
- Taddea Sagredo
- Tarcisio Bastianello
- Teresina Boschetto
- Tita Barbini
- Tita Scarpa
- Tita Varagnolo
- Tiziano Vendrame
- Tomà Bressan
- Tomà da Parenzo
- Tomà Loredan
- Tomà Michiel
- Tommaso Zennaro
- Toni Busetto
- Toni Dei Rossi
- Toni Ferro
- Toni Tiozzo
- Tonina Bressanello
- Tonina Fornasier
- Tullio Brunello
U: 2 names
- Ugo Giacomello
- Umberto Novello
V: 14 names
- Valentina De Nardi
- Valentina Rosada
- Valter Lonardi
- Veneranda Nalesso
- Veronica Zordan
- Vettor Chinellato
- Vettor da Traù
- Vettor Foscari
- Vettor Menin
- Vettor Miotti
- Vettor Querini
- Vittoria Molin
- Vittoria Quintavalle
- Vittorino Pastrello
W: 2 names
- Wanda Novello
- Wanda Padoan