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A large number of Italian surnames end in i due to the medieval Italian habit of identifying families by the name of the ancestors in the plural (which has an -i suffix in Italian). For instance, Filippo from the Ormanno family (gli Ormanni) would be called "Filippo degli Ormanni" ("Filippo of the Ormannos"). In time, the middle possessive ...
Italian-language surnames (3 C, 4,329 P) P. Surnames of Piedmontese origin (2 P) S. Surnames of Sardinian origin (1 P) T. Italian toponymic surnames (82 P)
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Longhi (Italian pronunciation:) is an Italian surname of ancient origin, initially spelled as Longo (), of which Longhi is plural. Some groups gained great power in the Middle Ages and into the modern era, holding dozens of titles of nobility and vast estates in north-central Italy. The surname appears in many dialectal variants, such as Longis ...
The other branches' members frequently added to their surname the name of the place where they chose to live and where a fortification was available for their residence. The first of such cases were the Visconti di Massino , the Visconti di Invorio , and the Visconti di Oleggio Castello . [ 22 ]
Pages in category "Italian patronymic surnames" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).