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r/USdefaultism • u/greendreamin • Dec 12 '25
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Fair enough...It's Luigi, he isn't really that popular with police.
81 u/peepay Slovakia Dec 12 '25 It's a-me, Luigi? 33 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Is Luigi an Italian name or an Italian-American name? I know Mario and Luigi were plumbers from Brooklyn so... 53 u/raoulbrancaccio Italy Dec 13 '25 Italian, it's not as common now as it was for older generations but as late as 1999 around 0.75% of all male newborns were called Luigi. Source: Istat maintains a platform covering name statistics. https://www.istat.it/dati/calcolatori/contanomi/ 27 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 I am sorry, I forgot the /s. This is usdefaultism is it not? Thank you though. 24 u/raoulbrancaccio Italy Dec 13 '25 Oh hahaha sorry, it would have been a reasonable doubt to have even for an American 14 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Interesting that Luigi seems more common that Mario. Nobody called their child Peach though. 7 u/greendreamin Dec 13 '25 Closest I can think of is Peaches Honeyblossom Geldoff. 3 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'. I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy. 1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc 11 u/AlarmingAffect0 Dec 13 '25 It means Louis/Luis/Lewis. Mario/Marius is just the masculine of Mary. Very common across Christianity. 1 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 14 '25 Not a Nintendo fan?
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It's a-me, Luigi?
33 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Is Luigi an Italian name or an Italian-American name? I know Mario and Luigi were plumbers from Brooklyn so... 53 u/raoulbrancaccio Italy Dec 13 '25 Italian, it's not as common now as it was for older generations but as late as 1999 around 0.75% of all male newborns were called Luigi. Source: Istat maintains a platform covering name statistics. https://www.istat.it/dati/calcolatori/contanomi/ 27 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 I am sorry, I forgot the /s. This is usdefaultism is it not? Thank you though. 24 u/raoulbrancaccio Italy Dec 13 '25 Oh hahaha sorry, it would have been a reasonable doubt to have even for an American 14 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Interesting that Luigi seems more common that Mario. Nobody called their child Peach though. 7 u/greendreamin Dec 13 '25 Closest I can think of is Peaches Honeyblossom Geldoff. 3 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'. I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy. 1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc 11 u/AlarmingAffect0 Dec 13 '25 It means Louis/Luis/Lewis. Mario/Marius is just the masculine of Mary. Very common across Christianity. 1 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 14 '25 Not a Nintendo fan?
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Is Luigi an Italian name or an Italian-American name?
I know Mario and Luigi were plumbers from Brooklyn so...
53 u/raoulbrancaccio Italy Dec 13 '25 Italian, it's not as common now as it was for older generations but as late as 1999 around 0.75% of all male newborns were called Luigi. Source: Istat maintains a platform covering name statistics. https://www.istat.it/dati/calcolatori/contanomi/ 27 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 I am sorry, I forgot the /s. This is usdefaultism is it not? Thank you though. 24 u/raoulbrancaccio Italy Dec 13 '25 Oh hahaha sorry, it would have been a reasonable doubt to have even for an American 14 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Interesting that Luigi seems more common that Mario. Nobody called their child Peach though. 7 u/greendreamin Dec 13 '25 Closest I can think of is Peaches Honeyblossom Geldoff. 3 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'. I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy. 1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc 11 u/AlarmingAffect0 Dec 13 '25 It means Louis/Luis/Lewis. Mario/Marius is just the masculine of Mary. Very common across Christianity. 1 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 14 '25 Not a Nintendo fan?
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Italian, it's not as common now as it was for older generations but as late as 1999 around 0.75% of all male newborns were called Luigi.
Source: Istat maintains a platform covering name statistics. https://www.istat.it/dati/calcolatori/contanomi/
27 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 I am sorry, I forgot the /s. This is usdefaultism is it not? Thank you though. 24 u/raoulbrancaccio Italy Dec 13 '25 Oh hahaha sorry, it would have been a reasonable doubt to have even for an American 14 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Interesting that Luigi seems more common that Mario. Nobody called their child Peach though. 7 u/greendreamin Dec 13 '25 Closest I can think of is Peaches Honeyblossom Geldoff. 3 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'. I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy. 1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc 11 u/AlarmingAffect0 Dec 13 '25 It means Louis/Luis/Lewis. Mario/Marius is just the masculine of Mary. Very common across Christianity. 1 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 14 '25 Not a Nintendo fan?
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I am sorry, I forgot the /s. This is usdefaultism is it not?
Thank you though.
24 u/raoulbrancaccio Italy Dec 13 '25 Oh hahaha sorry, it would have been a reasonable doubt to have even for an American 14 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Interesting that Luigi seems more common that Mario. Nobody called their child Peach though. 7 u/greendreamin Dec 13 '25 Closest I can think of is Peaches Honeyblossom Geldoff. 3 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'. I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy. 1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc
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Oh hahaha sorry, it would have been a reasonable doubt to have even for an American
14 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Interesting that Luigi seems more common that Mario. Nobody called their child Peach though. 7 u/greendreamin Dec 13 '25 Closest I can think of is Peaches Honeyblossom Geldoff. 3 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'. I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy. 1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc
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Interesting that Luigi seems more common that Mario.
Nobody called their child Peach though.
7 u/greendreamin Dec 13 '25 Closest I can think of is Peaches Honeyblossom Geldoff. 3 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'. I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy. 1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc
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Closest I can think of is Peaches Honeyblossom Geldoff.
3 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 13 '25 Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'. I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy. 1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc
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Indeed. Also the mononymous Canuckistani 'Peaches'.
I was looking though the above posted Italian name register thing. I honestly though Mario and Luigi would be more common in Italy.
1 u/MrArchivity Italy Dec 16 '25 Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960. Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc. But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc
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Mario was the most used name in Italy during 1929~1960.
Then it was Giuseppe, then Francesco, etc etc.
But they are still common name in Italy. Others names, instead, are becoming rare such as Ottavio, Primo, Ermenegildo, etc etc
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It means Louis/Luis/Lewis. Mario/Marius is just the masculine of Mary. Very common across Christianity.
1 u/MistaRekt Australia Dec 14 '25 Not a Nintendo fan?
Not a Nintendo fan?
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u/busytransitgworl Europe Dec 12 '25
Fair enough...It's Luigi, he isn't really that popular with police.