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Ferrante

Ferrante is an Italian surname and given name. It is most commonly found in southern Italy and among Italian communities abroad, reflecting historical patterns of migration and settlement.

The name is best known today through Elena Ferrante, the pen name of a contemporary Italian novelist

Beyond this contemporary figure, Ferrante appears in historical and contemporary records as a family name across

whose
identity
has
remained
publicly
unconfirmed.
Elena
Ferrante
is
the
author
of
the
Neapolitan
Novels,
a
widely
acclaimed
series
that
explores
friendship,
family,
and
social
change
in
Naples
during
the
20th
century.
Her
work
has
been
translated
into
numerous
languages
and
has
sparked
extensive
literary
discussion
worldwide.
various
professions
and
regions.
As
a
given
name,
it
is
much
less
common
in
modern
use
but
has
appeared
in
Italian
naming
traditions
over
the
centuries.
The
surname
Ferrante
is
also
present
among
Italian
diaspora
communities
in
Europe,
the
Americas,
and
Australia,
a
product
of
significant
waves
of
emigration
from
Italy
in
the
19th
and
20th
centuries.