Simonetta is from the Italian *Simonetta* — diminutive of *Simona* — Italian feminine of *Simon* (from Hebrew *Shim'on*, hearing). **A modern American baby name in the broader Italian-Renaissance heritage aesthetic**. **Simonetta Vespucci** (1453-1476) was an Italian Renaissance noblewoman of Genoa — widely considered one of the foundational muses of the **Italian Renaissance** + the foundational model for **Sandro Botticelli's** iconic paintings including the foundational **The Birth of Venus** (c. 1485) + **Primavera** (c. 1482) — both housed in the foundational **Uffizi Gallery Florence**. Cousin-in-law of Amerigo Vespucci (the foundational namesake of *America*). Died of tuberculosis at age 22 — Botticelli requested to be buried at her feet (Ognissanti Church Florence, 1510). Foundational Italian Renaissance feminine muse + foundational subject of Western art history.
Featured throughout Italian Renaissance heritage.
Simonetta reduces to one.