Lupini Family Crest & Name History

Lupini is best understood alongside Lupo: both are Italian spellings of a single family name. Its meaning, shared with Lupo, is “Wolf”.

A variant of Lupo

Lupini carries the diminutive ending -ini, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Lupo. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Lupi and Lo Lupo.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Lupo and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Lupini report, with a museum-style coat of arms.