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Fiammetta

Girl · Italian

Fiammetta

Say it: fyahm-MET-tah

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Meaning

A diminutive of Italian fiamma 'flame'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Boccaccio gave the name to the beloved who appears throughout his works, including the Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

012318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2018per million babies of that sex
  • 5 babies given this name since 2018
  • At its height in 2018, about 1 in 339,100 girls
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
  2. The Renaissance1400 to 1600

Used by

Italian

Famous bearers

  • Fiammetta, Boccaccio's muse and a narrator of the Decameron

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Where this comes from

  • Well-known works of literature
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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