Girl names 13
- Bella
"Beautiful"
- Belladonna
"Beautiful lady"; deadly nightshade
- Bianca
"White"
- Confetti
Little scattered bits of colour
- Dolce
"Sweet"
- Fiore
"Flower"
- Marzipan
Almond confection
- Neve
"Snow"
- Sienna
Earthy red-brown pigment named after Siena
- Tiramisu
"Pick me up"
- Torta
"Cake"
- Tortellini
The stuffed pasta
- Tricolore
"Three-coloured"
Boy names 13
- Bruno
"Brown"
- Cappuccino
Named for the Capuchin friars' robes
- Dante
"Enduring"; author of the Inferno
- Figaro
Pinocchio's kitten; also Rossini's Barber of Seville
- Grigio
"Grey"
- Lupo
"Wolf"
- Maestro
"Master"; the conductor in tails
- Micio
"Kitty"
- Nero
"Black"; also a Roman emperor
- Orso
"Bear"
- Romeo
"Pilgrim to Rome"
- Rosso
"Red"
- Topolino
"Little mouse", which is the joke
Unisex names 13
- Affogato
"Drowned"; gelato under a shot of espresso
- Biscotti
"Twice baked"
- Blu
"Blue"
- Cannoli
"Little tubes"
- Domino
The black-and-white game tiles
- Espresso
"Pressed out"; the darkest coffee
- Gelato
"Frozen"
- Gnocchi
"Little lumps"
- Latte
"Milk"
- Macchiato
"Stained": milk marked with espresso, like a pointed coat
- Pesto
"Pounded"
- Piano
"Soft"; black and white keys
- Tarot
The fortune-telling cards