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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.
Italian patronymic surnames (176 P) Italian toponymic surnames (86 P) Pages in category "Italian-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out ...
[6] [7] Men—except slaves—in ancient Rome always had hereditary surnames, i.e., nomen (clan name) and cognomen (side-clan name). However, the multi-name tradition was lost by the Middle Ages. Outside the aristocracy, where surnames were often patronymic or those of manors or fiefs, most Italians began to assume hereditary surnames around 1450.
A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. In the Old Testament of the Bible, men are identified by their lineage through use of their father's first (and only) name.
The usual noun and adjective in English is patronymic, but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside patronym. [a] The first part of the word patronym comes from Greek πατήρ patēr 'father' (GEN πατρός patros whence the combining form πατρο- patro-); [3] the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma 'name'. [4]
Combined names come from old traditional families and are considered one last name, but are rare. Although Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country, it is also composed of other varied European influences, such as Italian, French, Russian, German, etc. Children typically use their fathers' last names only.
According to Joseph G. Fucilla in Our Italian Surnames, the process of adopting a patronymic as a single family name "went one step further" in central and northern Italy (including Tuscany) in the Middle Ages, compared to elsewhere in Italy.
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)