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Help[Surname] Re: italian surnames
in reply to a message by Joseph Giudice
Beretta:
from Italian berretta, berretto meaning "beret"
Canepa:
from Italian canapa meaning "hemp". Someone who cultivated hemp or who made ropes out of hemp. Same as Canevari.
Cappellini:
from Italian cappello meaning "hood". Nickname for someone who made or sold hoods. The -ini ending is a diminutive.
Giudice:
like Giudici from the Italian giudice meaning "judge".
Giusti:
"son of Giusto", Giusto being Italian for Iustus. Or from placenames like San Giusto.
Iacono:
from Southern dialect iacono from Italian diacono meaning "deacon".
Mariani:
"son of Mariano".
Riva:
from various placenames containing the name Riva, from the Italian riva meaning "coast, riverbank".
Sanna:
from dialect sanna from Italian zanna meaning "tusk, fang, tush", probably a nickname related to the person's teeth.
sources:
www.ancestry.com
http://www.melegnano.net/cognomi/cognomi0001.htm
from Italian berretta, berretto meaning "beret"
Canepa:
from Italian canapa meaning "hemp". Someone who cultivated hemp or who made ropes out of hemp. Same as Canevari.
Cappellini:
from Italian cappello meaning "hood". Nickname for someone who made or sold hoods. The -ini ending is a diminutive.
Giudice:
like Giudici from the Italian giudice meaning "judge".
Giusti:
"son of Giusto", Giusto being Italian for Iustus. Or from placenames like San Giusto.
Iacono:
from Southern dialect iacono from Italian diacono meaning "deacon".
Mariani:
"son of Mariano".
Riva:
from various placenames containing the name Riva, from the Italian riva meaning "coast, riverbank".
Sanna:
from dialect sanna from Italian zanna meaning "tusk, fang, tush", probably a nickname related to the person's teeth.
sources:
www.ancestry.com
http://www.melegnano.net/cognomi/cognomi0001.htm
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