# Dino Di Laurentiis' name **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dino-di-laurentiis-name/59582 "2001-03-26T21:05:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dino-di-laurentiis-name/59582/1 "2001-03-26T21:05:26Z")
Why does this name end with an _s_, when I can’t think of a single other “normal” Italian name or noun that doesn’t end in a vowel? **Di Laurentiis** almost looks Latin. Are they a very old family that, in the early Middle Ages, refused to drop the final consonant while everyone else did? Or are such names common in the Naples region, where the director comes from? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dino-di-laurentiis-name/59582/2 "2001-03-26T23:01:50Z")
Ooops! Can some Moderator please move this to GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dino-di-laurentiis-name/59582/3 "2001-03-27T15:28:32Z")
I’ll repost my OP to GQ.