Note that this one was the widow of a Mr.
Gioconda – In Italy, an alternate name for the Mona Lisa is La Gioconda.Carolina is still current (my daughter has been at school with at least one Carolina). Wilma and Giuseppina would be considered old-fashioned. Fortunato (“lucky,” but this may also be the name of a saint).
War memorial in Lecco: more names which are now rare (and might be considered funny): If your last name was Pensa (“think”), why would you name your child Innocente? Monuments like this also give clues to names which were once common but have now fallen out of popularity: Gaspare, Eliseo, Oreste, Sigismundo and Corrado are very rare today.
