The medieval era gave rise to fascinating surnames, each with a story to tell. From knights and nobles to blacksmiths and merchants, most medieval last names reflected a person’s trade ...

Thousands of quirky medieval English surnames recorded in the Domesday Book are extinct or dying out, the Sunday People can reveal. And we are left with a core of about 100 common family names ...

Medieval Italian man Bartelomeo Colleoni's ... Bartelomeo Colleoni was a military captain in the 15th century. Although his surname does not translate to "balls," an alternative spelling ...

Bartelomeo Colleoni was a well known Italian military captain in the 15th century. Although "Colleoni" doesn't directly translate to "balls" in English, an Italian homophone (soundalike word ...

Godfrey Wettinger on place-names and surnames in Malta’s medieval history. Ever since the time of Commendatore Abela, Maltese historians used random references to Maltese place-names that abound ...

Up to three million men around the world could be descended from a prolific medieval Irish king ... of Ireland until the 11 th century. Modern surnames tracing their ancestry to Niall include ...

On Feb. 17, 2024, a post went viral on X (formerly Twitter) about a medieval Italian man named ... Although his surname does not translate to "balls," an alternative spelling — "Coglioni ...

In mid-February 2024, social media was abuzz with a rumor that circulated on X (formerly Twitter): the story of Bartolomeo Colleoni, a medieval Italian whose surname allegedly translates to "balls" in ...