Consider themeaning of the surnamewhen using a medieval name. Surnames in the Middle Ages were greatly significant and could describe professions, places, trades, nationalities, or statuses. Depending on the background of your character, you may want to explore severalregions in the Middle Ages. ...
In the period of these documents the folk of what would become Catalonia didn’t use surnames, which can be extremely frustrating when trying to distinguish them. If they use two names at all, then the second one is either their father’s, by way of identification, or a nickname or ...