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Longhi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈloŋɡi]) is an Italian surname of ancient origin, initially spelled as Longo ([ˈloŋɡo]), 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 ...
Boccanegra (5 P) House of Bonaparte (15 C, 94 P) Boncompagni (7 P) House of Boniface (9 P) House of Borghese (3 C, 20 P) House of Borgia (4 C, 64 P) House of Borromeo (18 P) Bourbon del Monte family (2 P) House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (8 C, 29 P)
Italian-language surnames (3 C, 4,249 P) P. Surnames of Piedmontese origin (2 P) S. Surnames of Sardinian origin (1 P) T. Italian toponymic surnames (80 P)
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (House of Savoy). The nobility of Italy (Italian: Nobiltà italiana) comprised individuals and their families of the Italian Peninsula, and the islands linked with it, recognized by the sovereigns of the Italian city-states since the Middle Ages, and by the kings of Italy after the unification of the region into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy.
Roman naming conventions. Over the course of some fourteen centuries, the Romans and other peoples of Italy employed a system of nomenclature that differed from that used by other cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, consisting of a combination of personal and family names. Although conventionally referred to as the tria nomina, the ...
A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [1][2] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.
List of Roman cognomina. Roman gentes of Etruscan origin. Roman gentes of Hernician origin. Roman gentes of Latin origin from Alba Longa. Roman gentes of Latin origin from Praeneste. Roman gentes of Latin origin from Tibur. Roman gentes of Latin origin from Tusculum. Roman gentes of Picentine origin. Roman gentes of Sabine origin.