Italian to America name changes

[Jen5525]

Was wondering how many people have encountered name changes for their ancestors when they emigrated to America? My family emigrated in the 1910 to 1930 time frame, ad settled in the Hoboken/Jersey City area so my observations may be location specific. These are the name changes I've encountered. Some are intuitive while other seem a bit odd, but consistently found.

Giuseppe = Joseph
Giovanni = John
Vitantonio = Anthony or Tony
Bartolomeo = Matthew
Vito = William
Nunzio = Lawrence
Gaetano = Thomas
Pasqua = Grace
Gaetana = Katie, Katherine or Catherine
Giuditta = Julia
Santa = Sadie

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

[AngelaGrace56]

Welcome back Jen!

Here are two recent related threads that you might like to look at:

Immigrant Name Changes: http://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/i ... %20changes

Americanization of Italian first names: http://www.italiangenealogy.com/forum/i ... es#p243322

Angela

[Jen5525]

thanks Angela! Had taken a break to focus on my Scottish side of my tree, and am now back to Italy

[AngelaGrace56]

Angela

[italianmutt]

Yep, all of them!

Nunziata- Nancy
Rosina- Dollie

and then the usuals like Michele to Michael and Peitro to Peter

[Edward Keeports]

My great-grandfather went from "Agostino" to "August" to "Augustino", which appears to be a hybrid of the English and Italian forms of the name.

[BrownEyedGirl]

My grandmother's name was Philomena on her birth certificate. As an adult, she used Phyllis, although her close family still called her Mena (my preference). My grandfather used Nick/Nicholas for Nicola. (Both of my grandparents were born in the U.S.) My great grandfather, Antonio, used Tony. My gg grandmother's name was Giovanna, and she went by Jenny. The only surname that was changed was Ciampa. It was shortened to Champ.