Uso delle particelle nobiliari e diritto all’unicità del nome

The present contribution analyses the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case Künsberg Sarre, related to the use of nobiliary particles in family names. The case is interesting due to some precedents from the Court of Justice of the European Union. Therefore, after a brief description of the facts of the case and of the reasoning of the Court, the analysis tackles the directions of the case law of the two European Courts towards the aim to build up the right to private life and the rights to free movement in the European Union. Finally, some remarks on the impact of this judgment in the Italian private international law system are submitted.