The Valentino Family Name

The last name Valentino is one of the recorded forms of Valentini, a well-known Italian family name. It grew out of a personal name: “Of Valentino”.

Valentino and Valentini

The change of ending between Valentini and Valentino reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Valente and De Valentini.

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