15th & 16th Century Names from Trieste
by Andrea Hicks (Maridonna Benvenuti)
© 2009, 2013
last updated 25Feb13
Trieste was a flourishing port city during the 15th and 16th centuries. Trieste had received its independence from King Lothar II of Italy in 948. From 1202 until 1382 it was ruled by the Venetians. It gradually became part of the Hapsburg empire until 1918 when, through a treaty, it became part of Italy. The city is located on the East side of the Northern Adriatic Sea surrounded by what is now Slovenia. Native to Trieste are the Venetian Triestino dialect and Slovene language with a small number of German speakers.
These names are sorted into four lists: Grouped by date with notes, feminine given names alphabetically (3), masculine given names alphabetically with frequency, and surnames/bynames alphabetically with frequency.
These names come from the book Vita Comunale ed il Dialetto di Trieste nel MCCCCXXVI, Studiati nel Quaderno di un Cameraro da Oddone Zenatti, 1888.
1449
- ser Jaco de Clinse
- Ser Domenigo de Zuliani
- Ser Leonardo Chichio
- ser Piero de Bonomo
- maestro Antoni
- ser Andrea de Lio (note: also found as ser Andreia de Lio)
- ser Vicenço de Toffani
- ser Andrea de la Jama
- maestro Juan maragon (note: also found as maistro maragon)
- ser Nicolò Bitin
1435 ad an. 1461
- ser Pascol Chichio
- ser Lonardo Cigot
- d. Marg. del Brentar (note: dona Margarita)
- dona Margarita del mesuredor
- ser Nadal de l'Arzento
- ser Nicholò de Teffanio
- ser Pero dei Parj
- dona Piruza dela Spada
- ser Antoni de Gopo
- ser Zulian de l'Arzento
- Nicholò Scalibrjn
1508-09
1595
- ser Uicenzo Mirisa
- meser Zorzi Picardo
- meser Zanandrea Padouino
- Simon Chichio
- Domenigo Rizo
- ser Flaminio Viuo
- ser Matio Chichio
- meser Justo Moreli
- meser Justo Morello
- Jaco Scusa
- mro Peter fabro (note: maestro or maistro)
- sr Dotto. Saladin (note: ser Dottore)
- ser Tadio Francor
- meser Marchisetti
- m. fraco Malagigi (Note: meser Francesco)
- heredi de Grise Sacher ('heirs of Grise Sacher')
- Jernei Spiler
Feminine Given Names
Masculine Given Names
- Andrea (2)
- Andreia
- Antoni (2)
- Bitino
- Domenigo (2)
- Flaminio
- fraco (note: Francesco)
- Jaco (2)
- Juan
- Justo (2)
- Leonardo
- Lonardo [sic]
- Matio
- Nadal
- Nicholò (3)
- Pascol
- Pero
- Peter
- Piero
- Simon
- Tadio
- Uicenzo (note: Vicenzo)
- Vicenço
- Zanandrea
- Zorzi
- Zulian
Surnames and Bynames
- de l'Arzento (2)
- Bitin
- de Bonomo
- Chichio (4)
- Cigot
- de Clinse
- del Brentar
- Francor
- de Gopo
- de la Jama
- de Lio (2)
- Malagigi
- maragon [sic]
- Marchisetti
- del mesuredor
- Mirisa
- Moreli
- Morello
- Padouino ('from Padova')
- dei Parj
- Picardo
- Rizo
- Sacher
- Saladin
- Scalibrjn
- Scusa
- dela Spada
- Spiler
- de Teffanio
- de Toffani
- di Tomize
- Viuo (note: Vivo?)
- de Zuliani