Cosentini Family Crest & Name History

Cosentini is best understood alongside Cosentino: both are Italian spellings of a single family name.

The change of ending between Cosentino and Cosentini reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Arms linked to Cosentino and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Cosentini surname pack.