Given Names 

​Given Names 

One real challenge for the reader of documents is the frequent use of abbreviations. Words, including names and places especially, are often abbreviated in the documents. You may refer to the following list of common abbreviations for help in deciphering some of the abbreviations you come across.

Abbreviation	Meaning	Sample from Document
Amãdeo	Ammadeo
Ant.a	Antonia
Ant.o	Antonio
Anton.o	Antonio
Antto.o	Antonio
Batta	Battista
Bnardo	Bernardo
Catta	Catterina
Cipo	Cipriano
Xpofano	Cristofano
Dca	Domenica
Dnica	Domenica
dnega	Domenega (Domenica)
dnego	Domenego (Domenico)
Domca	Domenica
Domco	Domenico
Eleuto	Eleuterio
Fiorētino	Fiorentino
Franca	Francesca
Fran.co	Francesco
Franco	Francesco
GBatta	Giovanni Battista
Gio.	Giovanni
GioBatta.	Giovanni Battista
Giov.	Giovanni
Giovanbapta	Giovanni Battista
Greg.o	Gregorio
Jac.o	Jacopo Iacopo
Lo	Lorenzo
Nico	Niccolo
P.o	Pietro Piero Pero
Rõlo	Romolo
Ros.o	Rosario
Xpofano	Cristofano
Zoãn	Zoan (Giovanni)
Zovã	Zovan (Giovanni)
Zuã	Zuan (Giovanni)
Zuan	Zuan (Giovanni)
Zuãñi	Zuanni (Giovanni)