Masculine and feminine forms of last names?

[sceaminmonkey]

Do Italians change last names ever accusing to gender. Example verdeschi for male verdesca for female?

[mler]

Never heard of it.

[GrecoCalabrese]

I have never heard of this either, the only people I do know who use this for sure are Greeks. Greek surnames in Greece are referred to in masculine and feminine depending on the person.

For example the name Papadopoulos is the male version
and the surname for the female would be referred to as papadapoulou.

There are certain Italian surnames with Greek roots I am aware of, that are in fact always feminine versions of the Greek name.

My father is Greek and his surname is Pappas, and I know for a fact there are Southern Italians from Regions like Puglia, and Calabria with the surname Pappa. This is how women in my family would be referred to in Greece.

Other examples like this would be Italian surnames like Mastroianni (Mastrogiannis), Anastasia (Anastasis) etc.

The reason for this is because the vast majority of Italian Citizens south of Naples are of Ancient Greek and/or some Medieval Greek Origin. Southern Italians are dominantly of Greek ancestry, some areas more, some areas less, with additional minor Mixes of Spanish, Norman, and the original Italic tribes before Greek Colonization.

[ForzaItaliaPgh]

Never heard of it either, although my research has been confined mainly to Tuscany.

[maestra36]

I have never heard of Italian surnames being masculine or feminine. Only first names may change their endings depending on gender.

[Italysearcher]

I have seen Alonza for a female and ALonzo for a male and ALonzi when there were more than one! Eventually they settled on one version or the other.

[worldlastnames]

I never listend before this, what kind of these names? Otherwise you must visit wikipedia for more help