About the Monteleoni Surname

Monteleoni is one more way Monteleone has been written over the centuries. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Lion mountain”.

The change of ending between Monteleone and Monteleoni reflects the Italian habit of naming a family in the plural or the singular. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Monteleoni, so the heraldry linked to Monteleone is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Monteleoni surname pack.