Many of the names still in use today in Italy are of Latin derivation. The Latin used free standing to appeal by three names: a praenomen , who was a real personal name and was chosen by his father to the firstborn within a range no greater than twenty praenomina (i most common were the proverbial Tizio, Caio and Harry , while one of the few fashion today, after more than two thousand years, Marco was ), while often the second-born children and the children were given a simple numeral (type According , ..., Sisto, Septimius , Ottavio ) to praenomen followed the nomen , or noble, the name of gens (ie, tribe) from which descended the individual (eg Giulio, Fabio or Valerio , and others of Etruscan descent, often inspired by a physical characteristic or activity of the parent), followed again cognomen, which, within a gens, identified a smaller family. In a later period, appeared the supernomina , the actual individual nicknames (perhaps resulting from a particular victory or company), and surnames (Typically of noble with suffix-ano as Giuliano or Fabiano ), who were recruited as supernomina when the individual was adopted and took full name of his adoptive father, retaining only a surname trace the family of origin.
The advent of Christianity greatly expanded the onomastics Italic, introducing the many Jewish names found in Christian holy texts (from Adam to Simone and John ), and the use to perpetuate the names of early saints, that, given the potential audience of the new faith, they often had Christian names taken from greek, from Egyptian or Phoenician (consider, for example Stefano, Agnes or Lucia ).
a real invasion of new names came to the fall of the Roman Empire by the barbarian invasions that led to Italy or Slavic names of Celtic origin, but most Germans (many of which typically had a meaning drawn from the military language as William or Ludovico). With the Renaissance and the rediscovery of classical studies, finally, became the rage of the names of the greek-roman tradition, especially mythological (from Oreste to Hercules or Diana), which until then maybe were forgotten because at odds with Christian faith.
course, in the last two millennia, there were never use names to be placed outside of these simple patterns, linked to historical figures (from Darius, Persian king, to Napoleon ) or literary: in particular, many novelists and poets undertook to coin new names for heroes and heroines, mixing a little 'fantasy to known patterns (such as the D'Annunzio Ornella ). And a serious list of names today could not ignore the many names from exotic or foreign, introduced in Italy by globalization and migration and that sometimes hide very traditional names (Eg English or Arabic Joseph Youssef that refer both to Joseph ).
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After this all too concise overview Onomastic Italian town, we come to the end of this blog , which is to collect a series of post all the news and all the notes (for pure and genuine personal passion) so far I have collected on their names, their origin and their meaning. The post
are collected in a rigorous (!) Alphabetical order, so, given their increasing number, the advice is to move in blog through indexes on the left. The blog
continues to expand and update: After having examined the most common names, every week I'm entering the analysis of those left behind because they are rare or even obsolete by updating the notes on those already taken into examination because there is always something to add, reviewing mistakes, typos and data. Each
reporting is welcome. And if you want to add your own, feel compelled to do so.
The advent of Christianity greatly expanded the onomastics Italic, introducing the many Jewish names found in Christian holy texts (from Adam to Simone and John ), and the use to perpetuate the names of early saints, that, given the potential audience of the new faith, they often had Christian names taken from greek, from Egyptian or Phoenician (consider, for example Stefano, Agnes or Lucia ).
a real invasion of new names came to the fall of the Roman Empire by the barbarian invasions that led to Italy or Slavic names of Celtic origin, but most Germans (many of which typically had a meaning drawn from the military language as William or Ludovico). With the Renaissance and the rediscovery of classical studies, finally, became the rage of the names of the greek-roman tradition, especially mythological (from Oreste to Hercules or Diana), which until then maybe were forgotten because at odds with Christian faith.
course, in the last two millennia, there were never use names to be placed outside of these simple patterns, linked to historical figures (from Darius, Persian king, to Napoleon ) or literary: in particular, many novelists and poets undertook to coin new names for heroes and heroines, mixing a little 'fantasy to known patterns (such as the D'Annunzio Ornella ). And a serious list of names today could not ignore the many names from exotic or foreign, introduced in Italy by globalization and migration and that sometimes hide very traditional names (Eg English or Arabic Joseph Youssef that refer both to Joseph ).
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After this all too concise overview Onomastic Italian town, we come to the end of this blog , which is to collect a series of post all the news and all the notes (for pure and genuine personal passion) so far I have collected on their names, their origin and their meaning. The post
are collected in a rigorous (!) Alphabetical order, so, given their increasing number, the advice is to move in blog through indexes on the left. The blog
continues to expand and update: After having examined the most common names, every week I'm entering the analysis of those left behind because they are rare or even obsolete by updating the notes on those already taken into examination because there is always something to add, reviewing mistakes, typos and data. Each
reporting is welcome. And if you want to add your own, feel compelled to do so.
Edgar
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