ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1100 http://www.s-gabriel.org/1100 ************************************ From: 29 Jul 1998 Greetings, Here's the information we found on , which you wanted to use as an Italian men's name. is a Latin name which is usually rendered in Italian as . is an Italian byname which has been made famous by Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). As far as we can tell, it is a reasonable byname earlier in period as well. As it turns out, we do have examples in which the Latin form of a first name is used with the Italian form of a byname--in fact, we have a tax roll from 1285 in which most of the names are recorded in this way. (1) Thus, is an entirely reasonable written form of an Italian name from the 13th century. After the 13th century, Italian became prevalent in record-keeping. Although Latin was still used in academic and clerical documents (such as the university rosters from the 15th century on our Web site), in other contexts it would have been more likely for a person's name to be recorded in Italian. Even in the 13th century, a person whose name appeared in writing as would be called by his Italian friends and neighbors. Arval Benicoeur and Talan Gwynek contributed to this letter. We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you. In service, Alan Fairfax Academy of S. Gabriel (1) Grohmann, Alberto, L'Imposizione Diretta nei Comuni della'Italia Centrale nel XII Secolo: La Libra di Perugia del 1285 (Paris, Torino: Ecole Francaise de Rome, 1986)