Latin-language surnames

Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Gallus may refer to:

__NOTOC__ Mercator (Latin for "merchant") often refers to the Mercator projection, a cartographic projection named after its inventor, Gerardus Mercator.

Albani may refer to:

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Lucius is a masculine given name derived from Lucius (Latin ; ), abbreviated L., one of the small group of common Latin forenames () found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius probably derives from Latin word (gen. ), meaning "light" (<PIE *leuk-, "brightness"), related to the Latin verb ("to shine") and cognate to the name Lucas. Another proposed etymology is derivation from Etruscan Lauchum (or Lauchme) meaning "king", which was more directly transferred into Latin as .

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Laurentius is a Latin given name and surname that means "From Laurentum" (a city near Rome). It is possible that the place name Laurentum is derived from the Latin laurus ("laurel"). People with the name include:

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Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective silvestris meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun silva meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with i. In Classical Latin, y represented a separate sound distinct from i, not a native Latin sound but one used in transcriptions of foreign words. After the Classical period y was pronounced as i. Spellings with Sylv- in place of Silv- date from after the Classical period.

150px|thumb|right|Coat of arms of the Alopaeus family The Alopaeus family (sometimes transliterated as Alopeus) is the name of Baltic-German noble family of Eastern Finnish descent, originating from Vyborg.

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Santoro is an Italian surname derived from Latin name Santorus (festum Omnium Sanctorum, "feast of all the saints"), and may refer to:

Aventinus may refer to:

Apian or Apianus may refer to:

thumb | right | Lucio Attinelli Lucio is an Italian and Spanish male given name derived from the Latin name Lucius. In Portuguese, the given name is accented Lúcio.