• Italian Given Names and their English Equivelents - compiled by Ken Johnston who lists the references he used in compiling the list with special thanks to Marie Roth from PIE..
• English Versions of Italian Names - Download their (pdfs) and/or also view text versions of English and Italian names translated into Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Russian & Yiddish Foreign Names.
• Look up the Translation of your name in Italian & Latin - use the computer translation links page of this website to get the "gist" of anything in Italian or another language. Also, try to find the name in Italian Genealogy Occupation links. (on site)
• Italian Baby Names - A good list. Click on the name to see the meaning.
• FAKE Italian Names - a list of baby names that seem Italian but they are not used in Italy.
• Huge List of Ancient & Modern Italian Names - Everything you want to know about Italian Given Names by Steve Russo from the COMUNES OF ITALY archives: June 2000, week 4 (#225)
• The Latinization of Names in the Middle Ages - on overview of personal names, surnames and place names.
• 4300 Citizen of Pisa, 1228, by Enrica Salvatori - A transcription of men's Latin names from an alliance signed in 1228.
• Italian Given Names and Surnames - from the Online Tratte of Office Holders 1282-1532 a project of Brown University, Rhode Island.
• Feminine Given Names from Thirteenth Century - These names appear in a tax roll of the city of Perugia taken in 1285.
• Masculine Names from Thirteenth Century Pisa by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith)
• Census and Property Survey of Florentine Dominions in the Province of Tuscany, 1427-1480 presented by Brown University. Family names appearing in the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427 - from the database of tax information for the city of Florence in 1427-1429 (c. 10,000 records) based on David Herlihy and Christiane Klapisch-Zuber, Principal Investigators,
• Feminine Given Names from the Online Catasto of Florence of 1427, by Josh Mittleman.
• Fourteenth Century Venetian Personal Names, by Josh Mittleman and Brian Scott (Arval Benicoeur and Talan Gwynek).
• Fifteenth Century Venetian Masculine Names - Family Names Alphabetically by Sara L. Uckelman
• Italian Renaissance Men's Names - by Ferrante LaVolpe over 8000 men's names from the Catasto (census) of Florence taken in the years 1427-1429.
• Medieval Naming Guides: Italian - Italy acquired a standard language only in the 19th century. Even today, very distinct dialects of Italian remain in common use. We have grouped our name lists into three sections: northern, central, and southern
• Second Surnames, or Sub-Surnames
• Medieval Slavic Roots of Italian & Sicilian Surnames - information on the medieval Slavs who settled in Arabic-ruled Sicily and southern mainland Italy during the middle ages by Michal Warczakowski.
• U.S. Census Bureau name Lists from the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Censuses - Lists of First Names, Last Names and a Search, which shows frequency ranking.
• Heraldic Center FAQs - Most people in the world can not claim an existing coat-of-arms. Exactly what conditions you have to meet to establish a claim varies considerably from one country to another. At the very least you must be able to prove that a recognized holder of the arms is your ancestor.
• From the Usenet Newsgroup rec.heraldry FAQs - New to Heraldry? The chances are very good that you do not have any claim on any actual arms. Most people in the world do not.
• Coat Of Arms - are not associated with surnames, but with individuals and, in some countries, with families.
• Yet another family crest lookup - For "FUN" only do NOT pay any of these heraldry people ..if you are Blue-Blood...you already know it, the crest, lineage and other trappings were already explained to you by the time you were 12 years old AND you were the first born male in the noble family.
• Italian Occupation Names & other Genealogy Terms - go to the Italian Genealogy and Italian & Latin translations page of this site. If you are not a native speaker you should use many references when doing translations as it will help you understand the "gist" of it better. (on site)

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