Of course, the most famous surname based on a place is "da Vinci".
"Da Vinci" wasn't Leonardo's real surname. He was called like that because he was from Vinci, but it wasn't a surname.
At that time there was no surnames and people were called by father's name, places, 'nicknames' etc.
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- 17 Jan 2010, 13:17
- Forum: Locations in Italy
- Topic: Does "di" in a surname mean "of" a certa
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