Hetalia: Human names

[salmiakkirae]

Do you think nations change their human names during the years? Some of them have very modern names, which didn't even exist in the ancient times. I've heard that Lukas is a very new name in Norway, so he couldn't have been called with the name, for example, in the 1300s

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[pinkabbestia]

Yes,Tino is an Italian name (not very used, but also Feliciano is rare) but I've read that Himaruya confused Tino and Timo (this is a Finnish name, isn't it?)

Well, in Italian timo is the thyme... it's nice :)

[salmiakkirae]

Timo is a Finnish name indeed... but even that is borrowed from the Greek name Timotheus x). But at least it's way older and more used than Tino.

How about Lovino?

[pinkabbestia]

Oh, Lovino ... ^^ '

There's no this name in Italy, Lovino is used as a surname.
I suppose it derives from the Latin word lovinus, meaning "little wolf", it was the name of an ancient Italian city.
I've read in internet that Lovino/Lovina is an English variant of the Italian name (of Etruscan origin) Lavinio/Lavinia. Lavinia was the wife of Aeneas, and thus ancestor of Romulus. From here I think the English sites give this name the meaning of 'mother of the Romans'.
Lavinia and Lavinio (expecially Lavinia) exist as a name in Italy today.

Anyway, we prefer to use Romano, not Lovino. Romano is used as name today, not only like adjective (Veneziano is only an adjective).