The longstanding tradition of a child automatically inheriting the father's surname may soon be ending in Italy. Italy's highest court ruled Wednesday that children should instead inherit both of ...

Italian children should be given the surname of both parents, the Constitutional Court said on Wednesday, overturning the tradition by which all newborns are automatically named after their father.

A top Italian court ruled Wednesday that newborn children should by default carry both parents’ surnames — not just the father’s, as had been the status quo. The Italian Constitutional Court ...

Italian senator Dario Franceschini, of the centre‑left Democratic Party, has introduced a bill that would automatically register newborns with their mother’s surname—unless parents actively ...

Although the surname Colleoni does not mean "balls," another version of his name that was used to refer to him in some documents — Coglioni — does actually mean "balls" in Italian.

Babies should automatically take their mother’s surnames instead of their father’s, a politician has told the Italian Parliament. ... Give babies mother’s surname automatically, Italian politician ...

Although the surname Colleoni does not mean "balls," another version of his name that was used to refer to him in some documents — Coglioni — does actually mean "balls" in Italian.