Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

Search Etymological origin of Italian surnames

LION

Lion is typically Venetian, from the area that includes the provinces of Venice, Treviso and above all Padua, it should derive from the medieval Venetian name Lion (Leone) or also from the apocope of the name Lionardo, very common in the area of the Serenissima Republic of Venice, traces of we find this surname at the Visconti court in 1355 with the Venetian ambassador Niccolò Lion or in Venice in the first half of the 1400s when Giovanni Lion di Nicolò appeared among the senators of the Republic.

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Nobles: Italia (Veneto - Umbria - Lazio)
Nobility: Nobili
Language of the text: Italiano

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Nobles: England (European)
Nobility: Noble family - Knights - Lords
Language of the text: English

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Nobles: España (Navarra)
Nobility: Señores - Caballeros - Familia Noble
Language of the text: Español

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Nobles: France (Provence)
Nobility: Famille Noble - Chevaliers - Seigneurs
Language of the text: Français