Whether an Italian last name is world-renowned, commonplace, or stems from nature or ancestors' occupations, they're unforgettable. So, brush off your pasta presses because we're diving deep into some ...

Researching the source of surnames and discovering their meaning is something that every family researcher does at some time or another. To that end, Our Italian Surnames by Joseph G. Fucilla covers ...

Medieval Italian man Bartelomeo Colleoni's last name meant "balls" in Italian and his coat of arms featured testicle-inspired symbols. Bartelomeo Colleoni was a well known Italian military captain in ...

An Italian-Brazilian couple wanted to give their son both their surnames, as is traditional in Spain Rome, Italy: Italian rules which mean children of married couples are automatically given only ...