Marulić's last name is unknown
How did the famous writer sign everything?
Marko Marulić, known as the father of Croatian literature, was not surnamed Marulić from childhood. The famous man from Split was born into the Pečenić family, father Nikola and mother Dobrica. The family, according to custom, latinized their surname to Marulus, translated Marulić.
Since Marko wrote most of his works in Latin, he signed himself in them as Marcus Marulus Spalatensis (Marko Marulić from Split) or Marcus Marulus Delmata (Marko Marulić from Dalmatian).
Because of his talent, contemporaries called him "poeta doctus" or learned poet and "poeta christianus" or Christian poet. He signed his works written in Croatian with the family surname Pečenić.