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Clan Rising is the living atlas of European family heritage, built one people at a time. Italian heritage is now on the map, the meaning of your surname, the homeland it came from, and the stories that travelled with it into the diaspora.
On the map
Where Italian heritage sits in Europe
This is the homeland on the modern map. The names below already file here; the heritage regions that subdivide it, and the deeper map, are coming next.
Italian names already in the atlas
- Rossi'The reds', the commonest surname in all Italy.Rossi surname meaning & origin →
- Russo'The red one', the south's answer to Rossi.Russo surname meaning & origin →
- FerrariThe smith, Italy's Smith, and a name that means speed.Ferrari surname meaning & origin →
- Esposito'The exposed', the foundling name of Naples.Esposito surname meaning & origin →
- Bianchi'The whites', Rossi's fair opposite.Bianchi surname meaning & origin →
- Romano'The Roman', citizen, descendant, or pilgrim.Romano surname meaning & origin →
- Colombo'The dove', and the name of Columbus.Colombo surname meaning & origin →
- Ricci'The curly-haired', and the hedgehog's name.Ricci surname meaning & origin →
- Marino'Of the sea', and the saint who founded San Marino.Marino surname meaning & origin →
- Greco'The Greek', Magna Graecia in a surname.Greco surname meaning & origin →
- Bruno'The dark one', nickname and saint's name at once.Bruno surname meaning & origin →
- Gallo'The rooster', for the proud and the lively.Gallo surname meaning & origin →
- Conti'The counts', bearing, service, or pageant.Conti surname meaning & origin →
- CostaOf the slope or shore, a name shared with Portugal.Costa surname meaning & origin →
- Giordano'Jordan', a name carried home from the Crusades.Giordano surname meaning & origin →
- Mancini'The left-handed', a name with a wary edge.Mancini surname meaning & origin →
- Rizzo'The curly-haired', Ricci's southern cousin.Rizzo surname meaning & origin →
- Lombardi'The Lombard', northerner, and medieval banker.Lombardi surname meaning & origin →
- Moretti'The little dark one', Moreau's Italian cousin.Moretti surname meaning & origin →
- De Luca'Of Luke', the evangelist's name, southern-style.De Luca surname meaning & origin →
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