Marchini History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

The distinguished surname Marchini can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of Venice. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. The most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name. During the Middle Ages, Italians adopted the patronymic system of name-making because it perfectly complemented the prevailing Feudal System. In Italy the popularity of patronymic type of surname is also due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname Marchini came from the personal name Marchino, which is derived from the Latin name Marcus.

Early Origins of the Marchini family

The surname Marchini was first found in Crema.

Early History of the Marchini family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Marchini research. The years 1471, 1528, 1588, 1633, 1643, 1714 and 1729 are included under the topic Early Marchini History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Marchini Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Marchini include DeMarchi, DeMarchis, Marcantoni, Marcantonio, Marcat, Marcato, Marchel, Marchelli, Marchello, Marchet, Marchetiello, Marchetta, Marchetti, Marchi, Marchin, Marchini, Marchiol, Marchioli, Marchitelli, Marchitiello, Marchitto, Marco, Marcocci, Marcoccio, Marcoleoni, Marcolin, Marcolini, Marcolla, Marcolongo, Marcon, Marconati, Marconcini, Marcone, Marconi, Marcovic, Marcovich, Marcoz, Marcozzi, Marcucci, Marcuccio, Marcuzzi, Marcuzzo and many more.

Early Notables of the Marchini family

Prominent among members of the family was Girolamo Marchesi, a painter born in Cotignola around the year 1471. He was a painter and he was famous for the portraits which he painted of the famous people of his day. Among those he painted were Gaston Felix, a famous French general, Massamiliano Sforza...
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Migration of the Marchini family

Immigrants bearing the name Marchini or a variant listed above include: Vicenzo Marchetti, who settled in Texas in 1911; Frank Marchetti, who arrived in Mississippi in 1875; Joseppe Marchi arrived in Indiana in 1839; Giacomo Marchioni settled in Allegheny in 1892.

Contemporary Notables of the name Marchini (post 1700) +

Ron Marchini (b. 1945), American karateka, one of the top karate tournament fighters of all time, member of the Black Belt Hall of Fame
Giannina Marchini (1906-1976), Italian sprinter and middle distance runner at the 1928 Olympic Games
Libero Marchini (1914-2003), Italian gold medalist footballer who played as a defender at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Davide Marchini (b. 1981), Italian footballer who plays for SPAL in Prima Divisione
Alfio Marchini (b. 1965), Italian entrepreneur and politician, two-time candidate for Mayor of Rome
Simona Marchini (b. 1941), Italian actress, television and radio presenter, stage director, comedian and art dealer from Rome
Jonathan Laurence Marchini (b. 1973), English Bayesian statistician and professor of statistical genomics in the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford
Tasso Marchini (1907-1936), Serbian Modernist painter of mixed parentage, who spent most of his short life in Romania