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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 ...
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Pages in category "Surnames of Italian origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 704 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (House of Savoy). The Italian nobility (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.
Pages in category "Italian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,358 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The surname came from the family's reputed descent from the ancient Roman emperor Galba. Ipato Gioviano, Orso, Teodato: The surname is thought to be derived from imperial honorific hypatos, granted to Orso by Emperor Leo III the Isaurian. Monegario Domenico: The surname may derive from monegarium, that is, a friar or monk, or monetarium, that ...
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 ...