Surnames in Naples?

thethinker42 · Jun 24, 2007

Anyone know of any good sites for finding common surnames (and first names, for that matter) in the Naples region of Italy? Bonus if I can find common first names used in the early 20th century.

*sigh* "Write what you know." Right. Which is why I'm writing a story in the 1950's in a small village outside of Naples from the perspective of a shell-shocked American soldier. *pounds head against wall*

Azure Skye · Jun 24, 2007

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=surnames+++napoli+region&btnG=Google+Search

It might help.

thethinker42 · Jun 24, 2007

Azura Skye said:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=surnames+++napoli+region&btnG=Google+Search

It might help.

I was searching by "Naples", not "Napoli region", which didn't quite yield the same results. Thanks.

Scrawler · Jun 24, 2007

http://www.behindthename.com/random/ might be fun to play with. My guess would be that Italian surnames haven't changed all that much

Eeman · Jun 25, 2007

I don't know of any sites on the Internet, but I might contact a local Italian community center or even a professor of Italian at a university. If you are able to connect with people from the region, they would probably be quite willing to help with that and more.

Surnames in Naples?

thethinker42

Abnormal Romance Author

Azure Skye

Huh?

thethinker42

Abnormal Romance Author

Scrawler

Bored fanatic

Eeman