By the way, the greeting is in English, Italian and French because we are involved in all three cultures.

If your surname is Nini or you are conected with some one who is a member of the Nini Family, you are the one of a very exclusive group.

Our family name dates back to the middle ages in Siena, which today is the capital city of the Providence of Siena, and is in this Region of Tuscany in the central part of modern Italy.

Our surname came into use sometime between 1290 and 1340. Our family was very wealthy and powerful and deeply involved with the cultural, civil, military and ecclesiastical life of Siena from the days of its inception during the middle ages, later as a City State, then as a Republic. We remained so after Siena was subjugated by Florence, with the help of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of Spain, and became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

In addition to Italy I have found Ninis in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, and from coast to coast in the United States.

So use the menu above to get a taste of the rich and unique history.

Speaking of unique, from before 1340 our name has existed in its present form. It is the plural of Nino. If you click “The Beginning...” you will see who is your progenitor. You will also learn that your surname is NINI, because in Italian when you pluralize a masculine word ending in “o” you change the “o” to an “i”.

So all those of us who descended from Nino became Nini and thereby hangs the tale...