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[Surname] Re: Origin of a Name
by Marina (guest)
7/25/2012, 12:21 PM
in reply to a message by Pyrrhus Emery Coal (not signed in)
BENASSI:Origin: Italyhttp://www.italygen.com/italiansurnames/keyB.php?pag=108http://www.cognomiitaliani.org/cognomi/cognomi0002en.htmRelated names:
BENASSA
BENASSAI
BENASSI
BENASSINI
BENASSO
BENAZZI
BENAZZO
Probably derived from the medieval Benassai and its modifications or transformations of the medieval name Beme, Italianized form from the Latin nomen Bonus.
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- Marina (guest)   +1
7/25/2012, 12:24 PM
Sorry: Beme = BeneLatin Bonus means "good":http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bonus
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- Marina (guest)
7/25/2012, 1:32 PM
See also this posting on this messageboard:
http://surnames.behindthename.com/bb/sur/4229141
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