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Greetings,
Here is the information we found on the name "Crispin Lechtscaerpne' Starblade."
"Crispin" is an English name which derives from S. Crispinus, the patron of shoemakers. The Italian form of this name is "Crispino." We also found the name "Crispo," derived from S. Crispus. We didn't find the name "Crispiano," but there is a S. Crispianus, and it is reasonable to assume that "Crispiano" would be the Italian form of his name. So although the Italian form of "Crispin" is "Crispino," the name "Crispiano" is also a likely Italian name.
Unfortunately, we could find no way to express the phrase "lightsharp" in Italian. We didn't find anything that got across this idea. We looked for names based on "radius," the Latin word for "ray," but didn't find anything. We did find the men's names "Lucio" and "Luciano," which are based on the Latin word "lux," or "light." "Crispino di Lucio" (Crispin, son of Lucio) would be a likely medieval name.
We found no documentation for anything resembling "Starblade" as a personal or placename. Metaphorical and poetic names were rare in period. Some cultures used them, but in general metaphor is a hallmark of modern literary names, not medieval ones. Our experience with medieval names leads us to believe that 'Starblade' is a particularly unlikely descriptive name. As far as we have seen, medieval writing, philosophy, and art made no connections between stars and blades, so the name "Starblade" would have been meaningless to medieval people.
We hope this has been helpful. If we can be of further assistance, please let us know.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel